Bird On The Wire chords by Judy Collins

• Capo on 3rd

CAPO: 3

Intro: G   D   C   G

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


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

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


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


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