Florrie Forde – A Bird In A Gilded Cage chords

[Intro]
E  Am  A  B  E

[Refrain]
EShe's only a bird
     A      F#mIn a gilded cage,
  B         B7       EA beautiful sight to see,
        A           F#7You may think she's happy
    B         C#mAnd free from care,
      F#7She's not
                  B7   BTho' she seems to be,
  E'Tis sad when you think
         F#mOf her wasted life,
    B7                      EFor youth cannot mate with age,
        A          F#And her beauty was sold
       B         EFor an old man's gold,
        F#7       B  B7   EShe's a bird in a gilded cage.

[break]
E  F#m  B7  B  E A E

[Verse]
E                            AThe ballroom was filled with fashion's throng,
B7                       E        BIt shone with a thousand lights;
A                         E          C#mAnd there was a woman who passed along,
    F#7                 B7      BThe fairest of all the sights.
E                        Am     F#mA girl to her lover then softly sighed,
       B7              G#"There's riches at her command."
         F#          A#m             E"But she married for wealth, not for love," he cried!
             F#7               B7      B"Though she lives in a mansion grand

[Refrain]
EShe's only a bird
     A      F#mIn a gilded cage,
  B         B7       EA beautiful sight to see,
        A           F#7You may think she's happy
    B         C#mAnd free from care,
      F#7She's not
                  B7   BTho' she seems to be,
  E'Tis sad when you think
         F#mOf her wasted life,
    B7                      EFor youth cannot mate with age,
        A          F#And her beauty was sold
       EFor an old man's gold,
        F#        B      E       A   Am   EShe's a bird in a gilded cage.