Captured angel (1975)
G - C
- D - G (2x)
G C
1. Found your heart and lost your lover,
D G
lick your wounds and run for cover.
G C
Take your time, there'll be another,
Bm C
and don't make the same mistake twice,
C
D
G
unless you can pay the price.
+ G - C - D
- G
G
C
2. All the years that you spent in growin'
D G
end up one more line you're towin'.
G C
Don't look now but your age is showin',
Bm C
and it’s much too late to turn back,
C
D G
you better pull in the slack.
F C
Captured angel aching to make your break,
Bm
C A
- Am
your freedom's at stake, you
better fly now.
F C
Fly now, fly now while your wings are still
young,
Bm C A
your cage door's been flung wide
open,
Am Bm C Cm
and I'm hopin'
you'll see that there's a place beside me.
G - C - D - G
if you ever need it.
+ G - C - F - G (2x) + G - C - D
G C
3. Sold your dreams for sweet salvation,
D G
left
with righteous indignation.
G C
Now it seems that you face
starvation
Bm C
and
nourishment doesn't come cheap,
C D
G
you
better go back to sleep.
F C
Captured angel aching to make your break,
Bm C A - Am
your freedom's at stake, you
better fly now.
F C
Fly now, fly now while your wings are still
young,
Bm C A
your cage door's been flung wide
open,
Am Bm C Cm
and I'm hopin'
you'll see that there's a place beside me.
G - C - D - G
if you ever need it.
(Dan Fogelberg)