Sleeping At Last - Birdcage Religion Ukulele

    E          B
So slowly I'm losing 
    Abm        E
who I've sworn to be. 
    E          B
a promise in pencil 
    Abm                   E
that years have made so hard to read. 
    E                     B 
I've spent my life building walls 
    Abm                   E
brick by brick and bruise by bruise... 
    E          B          Abm        Gb
a birdcage religion that whispered me to sleep. 


Instrumental: E B E B E B E B Gb


    E          B 
but time is spinning silk 
    Abm        E
that coils ruthlessly; 
    E          B
with the devil's patience, 
    Abm        E
it binds my hands so quietly 
    Gb                 E     Gb
that soon it becomes a part of me. 


Instrumental: E B E B E B E B Gb (2X)


    E          B             Abm            E
so soften these edges and straighten out my tie. 
    E          B
and help me remember 
    Abm                    E
the hope that I have compromised. 


    Gb                E       Gb
please be a broken record for me.


Instrumental: E B E B E B E B Gb