I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

[INTRO: ] G Am7 Bm C (x2) G Am7 Bm I know why the caged bird sings C G It's for me, it's for me G Am7 Bm C G G G9 Em I know why the caged bird sings Em Am7 Bm C G G G9 Em Today I am helpless and time stands still Em Am7 Bm C G G G9 Em And the world goes on racing as the world always will Em Am7 Bm C Days turn to weeks and weeks into months C G G G9 Em Leaving no answers and treasures lost Em Am7 Bm Now all that I have is all that I am Bm C G G G9 Em Not much more than a shell of a man Em Am7 Bm There's no revelations no wisdom no rhymes Bm C G G G9 Em No freedom no pleasure no songs that are mine Em Am7 Bm I'm a ship lost at sea in the waves and disease Bm C G G G9 Em Chaos above me and Neptune beneath Em Am7 Bm I can't see the stars that guide the way Bm C G G G9 Em This night's just begun and dawn's so far away Em Am7 Bm What will happen? Bm C G G G9 Em What will happen? Em Am7 Bm What will happen? Bm C G G G9 Em What will happen? Em Am7 Bm Chaos above me Bm C G G G9 Em And Neptune beneath Em Am7 Bm Chaos above me Bm C G G G9 Em And Neptune beneath INTERLUDE (quietly, slowly, and understated): G Am7 Bm C (x2) G Am7 Bm C No, life is never fair. It owes me nothing G Am7 Bm C Just when I had it all I lost everything G Am7 Bm C But somehow God is good and God is loving G Am7 *Bm C Just when I lost it all I gained everything G Am7 Bm I know why the caged bird sings. C G It's for me, it's for me G Am7 Bm I know why the caged bird sings C G It's for me, it's for me. G Am7 Bm I know why the caged bird sings OUTRO: G Am7 Bm C (x5 and end on G)