Sting - The soul cages

^GmThe boy child is locked in the ^Bbfisherman's yard ^{C Gm}There's a bloodless moon where the oceans ^Bbdie ^{C Gm}A shoal of night stars hang ^Bbfire in the nets ^C And the c^Gmhaos of cages where the^Bb crayfish ^Clie ^GmWhere is the fisherman, ^Bbwhere is the goat^C, ^GmWhere is the keeper in his ^Bbcarrion coa^Ct? Ecl^Gmipse on the moon when the ^Bbdark bird fl^Cies ^GmWhere is the child with his ^Bbfather's e^Cyes?

^GmHe's the king of the ninth world^{Bb C F Gm Gm}The twisted son of the fog bells' t^Bboll^{C F Gm Gm}In each and every lobster cag^Bbe, ^{C F Gm}a tortured human soul

^BbThese are the souls of the ^Bbsus4broken factories ^BbThe subject slaves of the ^Bbsus4broken crown ^BbThe dead accounting of ^Bbsus4old guilty promises ^BbThese are the souls of the ^Cbroken town

^GmThese are the ^Bbsoul cages^{C Gm}These are the ^Fsoul cages^{C Gm}These are the ^Bbsoul cages^{C Gm}These are the ^Bbsoul cages^C

^Am'I have a wager,' the brave chi^Cld spok^De ^{G Am}The fisherman laughed though di^Csturbed at the j^Doke ^{G Am}'You will drink what I drink B^Cut you must equa^Dl me,^{G Am}And if the drink leaves me standing, ^GA soul shall go ^Dfree' ^Am'I have here a cask of most ^Cmagical ^Dwine ^AmA vintage that blessed every ^Cship in the li^Dne ^AmIt's wrung from the ^Cblood of the s^Dailors who died ^AmYoung white bodies adr^Gift in the ^Dtide' ^Am'And what's in it for me, my ^Cpretty young t^Dhing? ^AmWhy should I whistle when the ^Ccaged bird ^Dsings? ^AmIf you lose a wager with the ^Cking of the sea^{D Am}You'll spend the rest of forever in t^Ghe cage with me^D'

^AmThese are the ^Csoul cages^{D Am}These are the ^Csoul cages^{D Am}These are the ^Csoul cages^{D Am}These are the ^Csoul cages^D

^AmA body lies open in the fi^Csherman's ^Dyard like ^AmThe side of a ^Cship where^D the iceberg rips ^AmOne less soul ^Cin the soul cages^{D Am}One last curse on the f^Gisherman's^D lips

^AmThese are the ^Csoul cages^{D Am}These are the ^Csoul cages^{D Am}These are the ^Csoul cages^{D Am}These are the ^Csoul cages^{D Am}These are the ^Csoul cages^D

^Dmaj7And he dreamed of a ship on the^A sea That would carry his father and^Dmaj7 he ^Dmaj7To a place they could never be ^F#mfound To a place far away from this t^E7sus4own A Newcastle ship without c^Bm7oals They would sail to the island of ^F#msouls

^F#mThese are the ^Asoul cages^{B F#m}These are the ^Asoul cages^{B F#m}These are the ^Asoul cages^{B F#m}These are the ^Asoul cages^B