Bird On The Wire chords by Judy Collins

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

CAPO: 3

Intro: G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  G+G

verse 1
          D MajorD      G+G          C majorC
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
    G+G      D MajorD     G+G
I have tried in my ways to be free
         D MajorD      G+G              C majorC
Like a fish, on a hook, like a knight in some old fashioned book
    G+G      D MajorD      G+G
I have saved all my ribbons for thee


verse 2
    C majorC         G+G
And if I, if I have been unkind
    A minorAm            G+G
I just hope you, will let it go by
    C majorC         G+G
And if I, if I have been untrue
    A minorAm               D MajorD
I just hope you know, it was never to you

verse 3
    G+G     D MajorD      G+G       C majorC
Like a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn
    G+G     D MajorD           G+G
I have torn everyone who reached out to me
           D MajorD      G+G          C majorC
But I swear, by this song, and by all that I have done wrong
G+G      D MajorD     G+G
I'll make it all up to thee


verse 4
    C majorC                G+G
I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden crutch
     A minorAm              G+G
He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much"
   C majorC                  G+G
And a young woman, leaning in her darkened door
     A minorAm                D MajorD
She cried out to me, "Hey, why not ask for more"


Outro
    G+G      D MajorD      G+G          C majorC
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
    G+G      D MajorD     C majorC   G+G
I have tried in my ways to be free