Bird On Thewire chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

A augmentedA       E MajorE
Like a bird on the wire,

    A augmentedA           D MajorD
Like a drunk in a midnight choir

    A augmentedA       E MajorE      A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA  Asus2Asus2    A augmentedA
I have tried in my way to be free.

         E MajorE
Like a worm on a hook,

    A augmentedA                D MajorD
Like a knight from some old fashioned book

    A augmentedA       E MajorE       A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA  Asus2Asus2    A augmentedA
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.

 D MajorD            A augmentedA
If I, if I have been unkind,

 B minorBm                  A augmentedA
I hope that you can just let it go by.

 D MajorD            A augmentedA
If I, if I have been untrue

 B minorBm                 E MajorE   Esus4Esus4    E MajorE
I hope you know it was never to you.


    A augmentedA      E MajorE
Like a baby, stillborn,

    A augmentedA        D MajorD
Like a beast with his horn

    A augmentedA      E MajorE             A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA  Asus2Asus2    A augmentedA
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.

           E MajorE
But I swear by this song

    A augmentedA           D MajorD
And by all that I have done wrong

 A augmentedA        E MajorE      A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA  Asus2Asus2    A augmentedA
I will make it all up to thee.

 D MajorD                   A augmentedA
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,

 B minorBm                     A augmentedA
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."

 D MajorD                      A augmentedA
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,

 B minorBm                    E MajorE   Esus4Esus4    E MajorE
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more'"


      A augmentedA       E MajorE
Oh like a bird on the wire,

    A augmentedA           D MajorD
Like a drunk in a midnight choir

    A augmentedA       E MajorE      D MajorD   A augmentedA
I have tried in my way to be free.


* Alternate:

Capo II

A augmentedA   = G+G
E MajorE   = D MajorD
D   = C majorC
Asus4Asus4 = Gsus4Gsus4
B minorBm  = A minorAm
Esus4Esus4 = Dsus4Dsus4

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