Biography:
Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, in 2002 and played an important part in the post-punk revival of the 2000s. The band was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals and guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion and backing vocals) until 2016 when McCarthy left them. The next year Julian Corrie (keyboards, synthesiser, guitar and backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (guitar and backing vocals) joined the band.
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Other songs:
- Auf Achse
- Come On Home
- Dark Of The Matinee
- Do You Want To
- Eleanor Put Your Boots On
- Fresh Strawberries
- Jeremy Freiser
- Katherine Kiss Me
- Love Illumination
- Missing You
- Take Me Out
- Take Me Out (guitar 1)
- This Boy
- This Fire
- Walk Away
- Wine In The Afternoon
- All My Friends
- Always Ascending
- Anyone In Love
- Bite Hard
- Brief Encounters
- Bullet
- Call Me
- Cant Stop Feeling
- Darts Of Pleasure
- Dont Start
- Dream Again
- Erdbeer Mund
- Fabulously Lazy
- Fade Together
- Fallen
- Feel The Love Go
- Ghost In A Ditch
- Glimpse Of Love
- Goodbye Lovers And Friends
- Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow
- Jacqueline
- Lazy Boy
- Leaving My Old Life Behind
- Live Alone
- Lucid Dreams
- Michael
- No You Girls
- Outsiders
- Paper Cages
- Right Action
- Send Him Away
- Shopping For Blood
- Slow Dont Kill Me Slow
- Stand On The Horizon
- Swallow Smile
- Tell Her Tonight
- The Academy Award
- The Lobster Quadrille
- The Universe Expanded
- Treason Animals
- Twilight Omens
- Ulysses
- Van Tango
- Well That Was Easy
- What She Came For
- What You Meant
- Words So Leisured
- You Never Go Out Anymore
- Your Diary
- Youre The Reason Im Leaving
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Intro Verse + Chorus Outro
------------------ -------------- ----------
Gm 355xxx Dm x57765 Dm x57765
A 577xxx Gm 355333 Bb 688766
Bb 688xxx Bb 688766 Gm 355333
C 8-10-10-x-x-x F 133211 A 577655
C# 9-11-11-x-x-x
D 10-12-12-x-x-x
(Main riffs shown at bottom)
[Intro]
Gm A
Step out, step out of our cages
Bb C C# D
Out of our cages, out of our cages, step out
[Verse 1]
Dm Gm Bb F
Dm
I like the look of your place, yes I love your construction
Gm
Did you carve the wee key from the soap in your kitchen
Bb
To turn in a lock of your own penal fiction?
F
You’re so good at freein’ your imagination
[Chorus 1]
Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
Gm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
Bb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
F
We’re living our lives in paper cages
[Verse 2]
Dm
When you took on your bid, did you make up your number?
Gm
Did you walk like a punk to the screws at your counter?
Bb
Did you say you can’t win, but you are the system
F
That contains in paper cages
[Chorus 2]
Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
Gm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
Bb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
F
We’re living our lives in paper cages
[Bridge]
F
Living our lives in paper cages
F
Living our lives in paper cages
F
Living our lives in paper cages
[Outro]
Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
Bb
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
Gm
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
A
We’re living our lives in paper cages
Dm
Step ah-out
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Main riffs
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Guitar 1
Dm Gm Bb
e|------5-------5------5-------5---|------3-------3------3-------3--|------6-------6------6-------6--|
B|------6-------6------6-------6---|------3-------3------3-------3--|------6-------6------6-------6--|
G|------7-------7------7-------7---|------3-------3------3-------3--|------7-------7------7-------7--|
D|------7-------7------7-------7---|------5-------5------5-------5--|------8-------8------8-------8--|
A|--5---------5-----5---------5------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--3---------3-----3---------3----|--6---------6-------6-------6-----|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----6-6-------------6-6---------6--|----6-6-------------6-6----------|--------------------8-8-8-8-------|
G|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7----|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7--|--5--7-7---7-5-7------------7-7---|
D|--0---------------0----------------|--3---------------3--------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 1 + 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-6-x--5-x--3-x---------------------|
G|----------------5-x--3-x--2------0-|
D|-----------------------------3-----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
= slide down
. = staccato
x = mute string
------------------ -------------- ----------
Gm 355xxx Dm x57765 Dm x57765
A 577xxx Gm 355333 Bb 688766
Bb 688xxx Bb 688766 Gm 355333
C 8-10-10-x-x-x F 133211 A 577655
C# 9-11-11-x-x-x
D 10-12-12-x-x-x
(Main riffs shown at bottom)
[Intro]
Gm A
Step out, step out of our cages
Bb C C# D
Out of our cages, out of our cages, step out
[Verse 1]
Dm Gm Bb F
Dm
I like the look of your place, yes I love your construction
Gm
Did you carve the wee key from the soap in your kitchen
Bb
To turn in a lock of your own penal fiction?
F
You’re so good at freein’ your imagination
[Chorus 1]
Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
Gm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
Bb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
F
We’re living our lives in paper cages
[Verse 2]
Dm
When you took on your bid, did you make up your number?
Gm
Did you walk like a punk to the screws at your counter?
Bb
Did you say you can’t win, but you are the system
F
That contains in paper cages
[Chorus 2]
Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
Gm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
Bb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
F
We’re living our lives in paper cages
[Bridge]
F
Living our lives in paper cages
F
Living our lives in paper cages
F
Living our lives in paper cages
[Outro]
Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
Bb
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
Gm
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
A
We’re living our lives in paper cages
Dm
Step ah-out
--------------
Main riffs
--------------
Guitar 1
Dm Gm Bb
e|------5-------5------5-------5---|------3-------3------3-------3--|------6-------6------6-------6--|
B|------6-------6------6-------6---|------3-------3------3-------3--|------6-------6------6-------6--|
G|------7-------7------7-------7---|------3-------3------3-------3--|------7-------7------7-------7--|
D|------7-------7------7-------7---|------5-------5------5-------5--|------8-------8------8-------8--|
A|--5---------5-----5---------5------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--3---------3-----3---------3----|--6---------6-------6-------6-----|
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----6-6-------------6-6---------6--|----6-6-------------6-6----------|--------------------8-8-8-8-------|
G|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7----|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7--|--5--7-7---7-5-7------------7-7---|
D|--0---------------0----------------|--3---------------3--------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 1 + 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-6-x--5-x--3-x---------------------|
G|----------------5-x--3-x--2------0-|
D|-----------------------------3-----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
= slide down
. = staccato
x = mute string
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