The Soul Cages
4/4 Takt
Gm7 | Bb C | Gm7 | Bb(add9) C | 
Gm7                                             C
    One child is locked in the fisherman's yard
Gm7                                               C
    There's a bloodless moon where the oceans die
Gm7                                             C
    A shoal of nightstars hang fire in the nets
           Gm7                                C
And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie
Gm7                                            C
    Where is the fisherman, where is the goat?
Gm7                                          C
    Where is the keeper in his carrion coat?
      Gm7                                    C
Eclipse on the moon when the dark bird flies
Gm7                                            C
    Where is the child with his father's eyes?
Gm7 

Gm7                                  C
    He's the king of the ninth world
Gm7                                       C
    The twisted son of the fog bells toll
      Gm7         C
In each and every lobster cage
    Gm7
A tortured human soul 

  Bb        Bbsus
These are the souls of the broken factories
Bb
   The subject slaves of the broken crown
                                      Bbsus
The dead accounting of old guilty promises
Bb                            C7sus  C7
   These are the souls of the broken town 

Gm7                   Bb C
    These are the soul   cages
Gm7                   Bb C
    These are the soul   cages
Gm7                   Bb C
    These are the soul   cages
Gm7        Bb C
    These are the soul   cages 

Am                                       D
  'I have a wager' the brave child spoke
          Am                                        D
The fisherman laughed, though disturbed at the joke.
               Am                                  D
'You will drink what I drink but you must equal me
                  Am
And if the drink leaves me standing,
                 D
A soul shall go free' 

   Am7                                   D
'I have here a cask of most magical wine
  Am7                                         D
A vintage that blessed every ship in the line
          Am7                                     D
It's wrung from the blood of the sailors who died
    Am7                              D
Young white body adrift in the tide' 

            Am7                                 D
'And what's in it for me my pretty young thing?
Am7                                              D
Why should I whistle, when the caged bird sings?
          Am7                                D
If you lose a wager with the king of the sea
                 Am7                                  D
You'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with me' 

Am7               C D
These are the soul  cages
Am7               C D
These are the soul  cages
Am7               C D
These are the soul  cages
Am7               C D
These are the soul  cages
  Am7
A body lies open in the fisherman's yard
D        Am7
Like the side of a ship where the iceberg rips
Am7                             D
One less soul in the soul cages
Am7                               D
One last curse on the fisherman's lips 

Am7                  C D
   These are the soul  cages
Am7                  C D
   These are the soul  cages
Am7                  C D
   These are the soul  cages
Am7                  C D
   These are the soul  cages
Am                Am/G
   These are the soul cages
F#m7b5                   F
       These are the soul cages 

A(add9)/C#         Dmaj7
           He dreamed of the ship on the sea
Bm7            F#m7               A(add9)/C#
    It would carry his father and he
           Dmaj7                     Bm7
To a place they could never be found
         F#m7                 A(add9)/C#
To a place far away from this town
  Cmaj7                  Bm7
A Newcastle ship without coals
A/C#               D       E        F#m    E/F#
    They would sail to the island of souls
F#m E/F#     3x
F#m7 | B7/F# 2x
F#m
   oh oo.
A B | F#m |
                   A B
These are the soul   cages 

Gm7        003333
Bb         003331
C          032010
Bb(add9)   008768
Bbsus      003341
C7sus      035363
C7         032310
Am7        002010
Cm9        031333
Am         002210
D          xx0232
Am/G       3x2210
F#m7b5     002212
F          003211
A(add9)/C# 042200
Dmaj7      xx0222
Bm7        x24232
F#m7       002222
A/C#       042225
E          022100
F#m        004222
E/F#       xx4200
B7/F#      xx424x
A          x02220
B          004442
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