A Bird in a Gilded Cage
Lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb
Key: F
Time: 3/4
Music by Harry Von Tilzer
Copyright 1899

File Created 08-18-2020
File Updated 11/23/2020

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Verse 1:

    F
The ballroom was filled
     Gm
With fashion's throng
   C7                    F
It shown with a thousand lights

    Gm          G7
And there was a woman
    F      DmGdim
Who passed a-long
F   G7                 C     C7
The fairest of all the sights

  F
A girl to her lover
     Gm
Then softly sighed
        C7            Bb7 A
There's riches at her com-mand

        Gm          Ddim
But she married for wealth
        F        Gdim
Not for love, he cried
           G7                 C    C7
Though she lives in a mansion grand

Chorus:

      F
She's only a bird
     Gm
In a gilded cage
  C7                F   F7
A beautiful site to see

        Gm          G7
You may think she's happy
    F    Dm   Gdim
And free from care
      G7                      C C7
She's not though she seems to be

     F
Tis’ sad when you think
       Bb6    Gm
Of her wasted life
    C7                     F   F7
For youth cannot mate with age

        Gm         G7
And her beauty was sold
       F         D7
For an old man's gold
        G7        C7     F   C7
She's a bird in a gilded cage

Verse 2:

  F
I stood in a churchyard
Gm
Just at eve
     C7                 F
When sunset adorned the west

    Gm            G7
And looked at the people
      F    Dm Gdim
Who'd come to grieve
F   G7                     C   C7
For loved ones now laid at rest

  F
A tall marble monument
Gm
Marked the grave
   C7                  Bb7   A
Of one who'd been fash-ion's queen

      Gm             Ddim
And I thought she is happier
F    Dm Gdim
Here to rest
        G7                   C   C7
Than to have people say when seen

Chorus Repeat:

End Chords:

GmBbm6F


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