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Bird On The Wire chord
Leonard Cohen 1969*
A E
Like a bird on the wire,
A D
like a drunk in a midnight choir
A E A Asus4 A Asus2 A
I have tried in my way to be free.
E
Like a worm on a hook,
A D
like a knight from some old fashioned book
A E A Asus4 A Asus2 A
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
D A
If I, if I have been unkind,
Bm A
I hope that you can just let it go by.
D A
If I, if I have been untrue
Bm E Esus4 E
I hope you know it was never to you.
A E
Like a baby, stillborn,
A D
like a beast with his horn
A E A Asus4 A Asus2 A
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
E
But I swear by this song
A D
and by all that I have done wrong
A E A Asus4 A Asus2 A
I will make it all up to thee.
D A
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
Bm A
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
D A
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
Bm E Esus4 E
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
A E
Oh like a bird on the wire,
A D
like a drunk in a midnight choir
A E D A
I have tried in my way to be free.
* Alternate:
Capo II
A = G
E = D
D = C
Asus4 = Gsus4
Bm = Am
Esus4 = Dsus4
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