Bird On Thewire chords by Leonard Cohen

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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