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Bird On The Wire chords
Fairport Convention (Leonard Cohen)

Capo IV

DA DG DA D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)       ALike (x02220@1)a bird on a wire
       D (xx0232@1)                 GLike (320003@1)a drunk in a midnight choir
       D (xx0232@1)         AI (x02220@1)have tried in my way
      DTo (xx0232@1)be free

D (xx0232@1)       ALike (x02220@1)a worm on a hook
       D (xx0232@1)                            GLike (320003@1)a knight from some old-fashioned book
       D (xx0232@1)          AI (x02220@1)have saved all my ribbons
    D (xx0232@1)  (Dsus4 D)*
For thee

G (320003@1)           DIf (xx0232@1)I have been unkind
       Em (022000@1)                    D (xx0232@1)(Dsus4 D)*
I hope you will just let it go by
       G (320003@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)if I have been untrue
           Em (022000@1)                 A (x02220@1) (Asus4 A)*
I hope you know it was not unto you

D (xx0232@1)       ALike (x02220@1)a baby stillborn
       D (xx0232@1)             GLike (320003@1)a beast with it's horns
       D (xx0232@1)        AI (x02220@1)have torn every one
                    D (xx0232@1) (Dsus4 D)*
And reached out for thee

D (xx0232@1)           ALet (x02220@1)us swear by this song
       D (xx0232@1)             GAnd (320003@1)by all I have done wrong
       D (xx0232@1)          AThat (x02220@1)I will make it all
      D (xx0232@1) (Dsus4 D)*
Up to thee

G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)         (Dsus4 D)*
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden cross
        Em (022000@1)                 D (xx0232@1)      (Dsus4 D)*
He said to me do not ask for someone?
      G (320003@1)                   DAnd (xx0232@1)a woman standing in her darkened door
    Em (022000@1)                             A (x02220@1)  (Asus4 A)*
She cried to me hey, why not ask for more?

D (xx0232@1)       ALike (x02220@1)a bird on a wire
       D (xx0232@1)                 GLike (320003@1)a drunk in a midnight choir
       D (xx0232@1)         AI (x02220@1)have tried in my way
      DTo (xx0232@1)be free

* optional for effect

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