Chords for Pacing the Cage- Bruce Cockburn Documentary
Tempo:
112.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
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C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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It's kind of the job of everyone, regardless of their occupation, to affect the world in
whatever positive way they can.
Of course, we have all the different definitions of what's positive, but growing up, I mean,
I kind of fall back on this all the time, but it was so heavily implicated in me by
the camp that I used to go to when I [F#] was a kid.
You know, [C#m] you'd be canoe tripping in Algonquin Park and they'd always leave the campsite
[E] better than you found.
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B]
[E] [G#] Sunset is an [A] angel we make, [E]
[B] holding out a [F#] bloody sword.
[A]
[E] [B] No matter how much [C#m] squint I can't un -make [E]
[B] out what it was [F#] in your war.
[A] Sometimes you feel [Bm] like you're in the doom,
[C#m] day is drenched slowly, and you're not sure
what you're doing.
You're probably on the page.
[C#] [A]
[F#] Catch yourself, facing the cage.
[B] [E] I'm a political person, I mean, I don't really define myself that way exactly, [C#] but I think
that politics is an inescapable part of the human experience.
[N] I'm not especially anything, I [B] just, I'm a songwriter, but I [C] care about stuff [N] and I care
about people and the stuff that I end up getting involved with usually has [C] to do with
trying to avoid [F] people getting hurt, or [B] hurting themselves as the case may be.
[F] [C] But political, I mean, [B] everything we do is political, everything we [Fm] human beings do [C] is political.
[E] How many can say [G] murder?
Only God can [Bm] say.
If [C] I [G] had a rocket [Bm]
launcher, if I had [Bm] a rocket launcher, [C] if I had a rocket launcher, I'd
make [E] somebody pay.
The music that really put music on my [D#] radar is something that I wanted to do was first
rock and roll.
So, you know, the guitar players, whoever Gene Vincent's guitar player was, Scotty Moore
who played with Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, that's the kind of, [N] and the Ventures
eventually too, that's the kind of guitar playing that [E] got me excited about the instrument.
[A] [E]
[C#]
[E] [A] [E]
Getting prepared to [B] haul a car out [A] of the woods, the smoking concrete seems [E] to be all
the way up her arm, grinding gears and drivers getting high on exhaust, [A] digging up the water
down below, window of love.
[B] I have my little [F#m] rituals, you know, that help [F] and I have a pretty [B] major need for kind of
private space [E] and so [N] I have my back room and the bus I can go to if I need that.
The people who do best touring are the people who are [C#] comfortable with [B] silences and comfortable
[F#] with [C#m] allowing [E] everybody their space.
[G#m] [A]
[E]
[B] Sometimes the best man [C#m] will be you,
[E] you [B] can't see what's [C#m] wrong.
What I think [F#] is there in Bruce is that he is an agitator and a protester but he's [A] also
a musician and they go [F#] hand in hand, it's not just one or the [G#m] other.
I [B] think that's what, [A] he's a fully rounded musician and that [F#] includes poetics as well as [Em] art.
You've got a [F#] dream like [C] mine
[D]
[Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em] You've got a dream [D] like [C] mine
Music can [D]
be perceived even as a weapon of [Bm] peace, [F#] an instrument that can actually
attenuate conflict [D] because it [C] reduces the sense of friction between cultures and in fact
[A] provides people with an expression of serenity and [Em] hope.
Somebody who feels [G] strongly about a particular issue goes to a show that's, [G#m] you know, by an
artist and all of a sudden they're in a room full of people that feel as they do, [E] whereas previous
to being there they might [B] have felt isolated and so [A]
that's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
[E] Sometimes [B] the darkness is [A] your friend,
[E] today's ice [B] can reach down and land
for [C#m] the coming of the outbound
[C#] stage, [A]
[F#]
pacing the [A] [F#] cage, pacing [A] the cage
[E] [B] [E]
[N]
[N]
whatever positive way they can.
Of course, we have all the different definitions of what's positive, but growing up, I mean,
I kind of fall back on this all the time, but it was so heavily implicated in me by
the camp that I used to go to when I [F#] was a kid.
You know, [C#m] you'd be canoe tripping in Algonquin Park and they'd always leave the campsite
[E] better than you found.
[B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B]
[E] [G#] Sunset is an [A] angel we make, [E]
[B] holding out a [F#] bloody sword.
[A]
[E] [B] No matter how much [C#m] squint I can't un -make [E]
[B] out what it was [F#] in your war.
[A] Sometimes you feel [Bm] like you're in the doom,
[C#m] day is drenched slowly, and you're not sure
what you're doing.
You're probably on the page.
[C#] [A]
[F#] Catch yourself, facing the cage.
[B] [E] I'm a political person, I mean, I don't really define myself that way exactly, [C#] but I think
that politics is an inescapable part of the human experience.
[N] I'm not especially anything, I [B] just, I'm a songwriter, but I [C] care about stuff [N] and I care
about people and the stuff that I end up getting involved with usually has [C] to do with
trying to avoid [F] people getting hurt, or [B] hurting themselves as the case may be.
[F] [C] But political, I mean, [B] everything we do is political, everything we [Fm] human beings do [C] is political.
[E] How many can say [G] murder?
Only God can [Bm] say.
If [C] I [G] had a rocket [Bm]
launcher, if I had [Bm] a rocket launcher, [C] if I had a rocket launcher, I'd
make [E] somebody pay.
The music that really put music on my [D#] radar is something that I wanted to do was first
rock and roll.
So, you know, the guitar players, whoever Gene Vincent's guitar player was, Scotty Moore
who played with Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, that's the kind of, [N] and the Ventures
eventually too, that's the kind of guitar playing that [E] got me excited about the instrument.
[A] [E]
[C#]
[E] [A] [E]
Getting prepared to [B] haul a car out [A] of the woods, the smoking concrete seems [E] to be all
the way up her arm, grinding gears and drivers getting high on exhaust, [A] digging up the water
down below, window of love.
[B] I have my little [F#m] rituals, you know, that help [F] and I have a pretty [B] major need for kind of
private space [E] and so [N] I have my back room and the bus I can go to if I need that.
The people who do best touring are the people who are [C#] comfortable with [B] silences and comfortable
[F#] with [C#m] allowing [E] everybody their space.
[G#m] [A]
[E]
[B] Sometimes the best man [C#m] will be you,
[E] you [B] can't see what's [C#m] wrong.
What I think [F#] is there in Bruce is that he is an agitator and a protester but he's [A] also
a musician and they go [F#] hand in hand, it's not just one or the [G#m] other.
I [B] think that's what, [A] he's a fully rounded musician and that [F#] includes poetics as well as [Em] art.
You've got a [F#] dream like [C] mine
[D]
[Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em] You've got a dream [D] like [C] mine
Music can [D]
be perceived even as a weapon of [Bm] peace, [F#] an instrument that can actually
attenuate conflict [D] because it [C] reduces the sense of friction between cultures and in fact
[A] provides people with an expression of serenity and [Em] hope.
Somebody who feels [G] strongly about a particular issue goes to a show that's, [G#m] you know, by an
artist and all of a sudden they're in a room full of people that feel as they do, [E] whereas previous
to being there they might [B] have felt isolated and so [A]
that's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
[E] Sometimes [B] the darkness is [A] your friend,
[E] today's ice [B] can reach down and land
for [C#m] the coming of the outbound
[C#] stage, [A]
[F#]
pacing the [A] [F#] cage, pacing [A] the cage
[E] [B] [E]
[N]
[N]
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B
A
It's kind of the job of everyone, _ regardless of their occupation, to _ _ affect the world in
whatever positive way they can.
Of course, we have all the different definitions of what's positive, but _ growing up, I mean,
I kind of fall back on this all the time, but it was so heavily implicated in me by
_ the camp that I used to go to when I [F#] was a kid.
You know, [C#m] you'd be canoe tripping in Algonquin Park and they'd always leave the campsite
[E] better than you found.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G#] Sunset is an [A] angel we make, _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] holding out a [F#] bloody sword.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] No matter how much [C#m] squint I can't un _ -make _ [E] _
_ [B] out what it was [F#] in your war. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Sometimes you feel [Bm] like you're in the _ doom, _
[C#m] day is drenched slowly, and you're not sure
what you're doing.
You're probably on the page.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ Catch yourself, _ _ _ facing the cage. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] I'm a political person, I mean, I don't really define myself that way exactly, [C#] but I think
that politics is an inescapable part of the human experience.
[N] I'm not especially anything, I [B] just, I'm a songwriter, but I [C] care about stuff [N] and _ I care
about people and the stuff that I end up getting involved with usually has [C] to do with
trying to avoid [F] people getting hurt, or [B] hurting themselves as the case may be.
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] But political, I mean, [B] everything we do is political, everything we [Fm] human beings do [C] is political. _
[E] _ How many can say [G] murder? _
_ _ _ Only God can [Bm] say.
If _ [C] _ I [G] had a rocket [Bm]
launcher, _ _ _ if I had [Bm] a rocket launcher, _ _ [C] if I had a rocket launcher, I'd
make [E] somebody pay.
The music that really put music on my [D#] radar is something that I wanted to do was first
rock and roll.
So, you know, the guitar players, _ _ _ whoever Gene Vincent's guitar player was, Scotty Moore
who played with Elvis, _ Buddy Holly and the Crickets, _ _ that's the kind of, [N] and the Ventures
eventually too, that's the kind of guitar playing that [E] _ got me excited about the instrument. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Getting prepared to [B] haul a car out [A] of the woods, the smoking concrete seems [E] to be all
the way up her arm, grinding gears and drivers getting high on exhaust, [A] digging up the water
down below, window of love.
_ _ [B] _ I have my little [F#m] rituals, you know, that help [F] and I have a pretty _ [B] major need for kind of
private space [E] and so [N] I have my back room and the bus I can go to if I need that.
The people who do best touring are the people who _ _ are [C#] comfortable with [B] silences and comfortable
[F#] with _ _ [C#m] _ allowing [E] everybody their space.
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] Sometimes the best man [C#m] will be you, _ _
_ _ [E] _ you [B] can't see what's [C#m] wrong.
_ _ _ What I think [F#] is there in Bruce is that he is an agitator and a protester but he's [A] also
a musician and they go [F#] hand in hand, it's not just one or the [G#m] other.
I [B] think that's what, [A] he's a fully rounded musician and that [F#] includes poetics as well as [Em] art. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You've got a _ [F#] dream like [C] _ mine _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
[Em] You've got a _ dream [D] _ like [C] _ mine
_ Music can [D]
be perceived even as a weapon of [Bm] peace, [F#] an instrument that can actually
_ attenuate conflict [D] because it _ [C] reduces the sense of friction between cultures and in fact
[A] provides people with an expression of serenity and [Em] hope.
_ _ Somebody who feels [G] strongly about a particular issue goes to a show that's, [G#m] you know, by an
artist and all of a sudden they're in a room full of people that feel as they do, [E] whereas previous
to being there they might [B] have felt isolated and so [A]
that's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
_ _ [E] _ Sometimes [B] the darkness is [A] your friend, _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] today's ice [B] can reach down and land
for [C#m] the coming of the _ _ outbound _
[C#] stage, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
pacing the [A] _ [F#] cage, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
pacing [A] the cage
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
whatever positive way they can.
Of course, we have all the different definitions of what's positive, but _ growing up, I mean,
I kind of fall back on this all the time, but it was so heavily implicated in me by
_ the camp that I used to go to when I [F#] was a kid.
You know, [C#m] you'd be canoe tripping in Algonquin Park and they'd always leave the campsite
[E] better than you found.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G#] Sunset is an [A] angel we make, _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] holding out a [F#] bloody sword.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] No matter how much [C#m] squint I can't un _ -make _ [E] _
_ [B] out what it was [F#] in your war. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Sometimes you feel [Bm] like you're in the _ doom, _
[C#m] day is drenched slowly, and you're not sure
what you're doing.
You're probably on the page.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ Catch yourself, _ _ _ facing the cage. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] I'm a political person, I mean, I don't really define myself that way exactly, [C#] but I think
that politics is an inescapable part of the human experience.
[N] I'm not especially anything, I [B] just, I'm a songwriter, but I [C] care about stuff [N] and _ I care
about people and the stuff that I end up getting involved with usually has [C] to do with
trying to avoid [F] people getting hurt, or [B] hurting themselves as the case may be.
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] But political, I mean, [B] everything we do is political, everything we [Fm] human beings do [C] is political. _
[E] _ How many can say [G] murder? _
_ _ _ Only God can [Bm] say.
If _ [C] _ I [G] had a rocket [Bm]
launcher, _ _ _ if I had [Bm] a rocket launcher, _ _ [C] if I had a rocket launcher, I'd
make [E] somebody pay.
The music that really put music on my [D#] radar is something that I wanted to do was first
rock and roll.
So, you know, the guitar players, _ _ _ whoever Gene Vincent's guitar player was, Scotty Moore
who played with Elvis, _ Buddy Holly and the Crickets, _ _ that's the kind of, [N] and the Ventures
eventually too, that's the kind of guitar playing that [E] _ got me excited about the instrument. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Getting prepared to [B] haul a car out [A] of the woods, the smoking concrete seems [E] to be all
the way up her arm, grinding gears and drivers getting high on exhaust, [A] digging up the water
down below, window of love.
_ _ [B] _ I have my little [F#m] rituals, you know, that help [F] and I have a pretty _ [B] major need for kind of
private space [E] and so [N] I have my back room and the bus I can go to if I need that.
The people who do best touring are the people who _ _ are [C#] comfortable with [B] silences and comfortable
[F#] with _ _ [C#m] _ allowing [E] everybody their space.
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] Sometimes the best man [C#m] will be you, _ _
_ _ [E] _ you [B] can't see what's [C#m] wrong.
_ _ _ What I think [F#] is there in Bruce is that he is an agitator and a protester but he's [A] also
a musician and they go [F#] hand in hand, it's not just one or the [G#m] other.
I [B] think that's what, [A] he's a fully rounded musician and that [F#] includes poetics as well as [Em] art. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You've got a _ [F#] dream like [C] _ mine _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
[Em] You've got a _ dream [D] _ like [C] _ mine
_ Music can [D]
be perceived even as a weapon of [Bm] peace, [F#] an instrument that can actually
_ attenuate conflict [D] because it _ [C] reduces the sense of friction between cultures and in fact
[A] provides people with an expression of serenity and [Em] hope.
_ _ Somebody who feels [G] strongly about a particular issue goes to a show that's, [G#m] you know, by an
artist and all of a sudden they're in a room full of people that feel as they do, [E] whereas previous
to being there they might [B] have felt isolated and so [A]
that's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
_ _ [E] _ Sometimes [B] the darkness is [A] your friend, _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] today's ice [B] can reach down and land
for [C#m] the coming of the _ _ outbound _
[C#] stage, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
pacing the [A] _ [F#] cage, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
pacing [A] the cage
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _