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Aberdeen

Cage The Elephant

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
D××
C×
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: G D C C (2x)
 
Verse
 
G         Em    G        Em 
I've been tryin real hard... 
G     Em      C    C 
To realize 
G         Em       G       Em 
But somethings take a long long 
G        Em     C       C 
Long long time (a long time) 
 
 
G 
Hold the phone 
D 
Hit repeat 
C           C 
You got me folding at the knees 
G 
Saw the flame 
D 
tasted sin 
C                      C 
You burned me once again 
G           D 
Cut the cord, 
             C     C 
she's a creep 
G    D 
Aberdeen! 
C           C 
White flag, white flag... 
 
Verse
 
G        Em       G 
Never saw my dark side 
 Em       G   Em    C     C 
In, in your eyes 
G                   Em 
Back and forth bloody fingers 
G      Em      G        Em 
Paintin up the sky 
C              C 
The sky 
 
 
G 
Hold the phone 
D 
Hit repeat 
C           C 
You got me folding at the knees 
G 
Saw the flame 
D 
tasted sin 
C                      C 
You burned me once again 
G           D 
Cut the cord, 
             C     C 
she's a creep 
G    D 
Aberdeen! 
C           C 
White flag, white flag... 
 
Breakdown 
Em   C (4x) 
G    Em (3x) 
C    C 
 
 
G 
Hold the phone 
D 
Hit repeat 
C           C 
You got me folding at the knees 
G 
Saw the flame 
D 
tasted sin 
C                      C 
You burned me once again 
G           D 
Cut the cord, 
             C     C 
she's a creep 
G    D 
Aberdeen! 
C           C 
White flag, white flag... 
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · C · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.