Pacing The Cage Chords by Bruce Cockburn

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_ [B] Sunset is an angel weeping, [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] holding out a bloody [A]
sword.
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_ [B] No matter how I squint [A] I cannot _ make _ [E] _
_ [B] out what it's pointing [A]
toward. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Sometimes you feel [B] like you've lived too long, _ _ [C#m]
days [C#m] drip slowly on the _ _ [C#] page.
[A] You _ _ [E] _ catch yourself _ _ _ pacing the cage. _ _ _ _
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I've [B] proven who I am so [A] many times, _ _ _ _ [E] _
the [B] magnetic strips [A] worn thin.
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And [B] each time I was [A] someone else, _ _ _ [E] _
and [B] everyone was taken [A]
in. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] Powers chatter in [B] high places, _ _ [C#m] stir up eddies in the [C#m] dust of _ [C#] rage.
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Set _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ me to pacing the _ cage.
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_ [B] I never knew what you [A] all wanted, _ _ _ _ [E] _
so [B] I gave you [A] everything.
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_ [B] All that I [A] could _ pillage, _ _ [E] _
all [B] the spells that I [A] could sing. _ _ _ _ _
_ It's as if the [B] thing were written _ _ in [C#m] the _ _ constitution of the _ _ [C#] age.
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_ _ [E] Sooner or later, _ _ _ you'll wind up pacing the cage. _ _ _ _ _
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Sometimes [B] the best map will [A] not guide you.
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You [B] can't see what's round [A] the bend.
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Sometimes [B] the road leads through [A] dark places.
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Sometimes [B] the darkness is [A] your friend. _ _ _ _ _
Today these eyes [B] scan bleached out land, _ [C#m] or the coming of the outbound _ _ [C#] stage.
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_ _ _ _ Pacing the cage. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Pacing the cage.
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