Chord/Tab song: Big Bird in a Small Cage

by Patrick Watson

Recorded in the Key of C#
Put that capo on the first fret!

[C] [Am] [D] [F] [F]
[C]There was house halfway round the world
[Am]And I was invited in for a small taste of gin
[D]There was a hallway a thousand birds long
[F]But the biggest one of all was in a cage too [F]small

[C]I asked the caretaker cause he was the Maker
[Am]Looked at me and laughed took another sip from his glass and said
[D]Open up your ears and heart
[F]You put a big bird in a small cage and it'll sing you a [C]song

[F]That we all [F]love to sing a[C]long to
[F]The sound of[F] the bird that [C]mourns

[Am] [D] [F] [F]
[C] [Am] [D] [F] [F]

[C]Well we rolled into town, into sweet New Orleans
[Am]To the Apple Bell bar there was a hole in the wall
[D]The ceilings weren't tall, the floors were the ground
[F]but the sound that you would make would just warm your [F]heart

[C]Well it was a quarter to twelve when the boys walked in
[Am]They got their blacksuits on andthe songs would begin
[D]You open up your ears and heart
[F]You put a big bird in a small cage and it'll sing you a [C]song

[F]That we al[F]l love to sing along [C]to
[F]The sound [F]of the bird that [C]mourns[Em]

[F] [F] [C] [Em]
[F]The sound [F]of the bird that [C]mourns[Em]
[F]The sound [F]of the bird that [C]mourns[G]
[F]The sound [F]of the bird that [C]mourns

[Am] [D] [F] [F]
[F]You put a big bird in a small cage and it'll sing you a [C]song
[F]You put a big bird in a small cage and it'll sing you a [C]song
[F]You put a big bird in a small cage and it'll sing you a [C]song
[F]You put a big bird in a small cage and it'll sing you a [C]song