The Strokes - Heart in a Cage

      The Strokes - Heart in a Cage (Acoustic version)

Standard Tuning EADGBe

 Intro 


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Verse 1

Cm    
Well I don't feel better
     G#            D#
When I'm fucking around
 Cm
And I don't write better
     G#                 D#
When I'm stuck in the ground
 Cm 
So don't teach me a lesson
      G#             D#
Cause I've already learned
 Cm 
Yeah the sun will be shining
    G#                D#
And my children will burn
       Cm     G#           D#
Oh the heart beats in its cage


Interlude 


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Verse 2

Cm
I don't want what you want
   G#                  D#
I don't feel what you feel
  Cm         
See I'm stuck in a city
    G#              D#
But I belong in a field
            Cm                      G#           D#
Yeah we got left, left, left, left, left, left, left
 Cm                               G#             D#
Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone
       Cm     G#           D#
Oh the heart beats in its cage

Bridge

Cm                   Am          A#     Am                 
All our friends, they're laughing at us
Cm                Am             A#      Am
All of those you loved you mistrust
Cm               Am            A#     Am
Help me I'm just not quite myself
Cm                 Am           A#    Am
Look around there's no one else left

Verse 3

  Cm                      G#                   D#
I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
 Cm                       G#                    D#
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around
           Cm                      G#            D#
Oh he gets left, left, left, left, left, left, left
    Cm                                G#          D#
I'm sorry you were thinking; I would steal your fire.
       Cm    G#            D#
Oh the heart beats in its cage
        Cm     G#           D#
Yes the heart beats in its cage

Outro 

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        Cm     G#           D#
And the heart beats in its cage