Bird On The Wire chords by Rita Coolidge

A                 E
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
              A              A7                D
I have tried in my way to be free
           A                  E7   A
Like a worm on a hook
                 A                 E
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
           A                         A7           D
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
       A                E7             A A7 D
If I, if I have been unkind,
                                 A                      Bm
I hope that you can just let it go by
                       Bm7           A A7 D
If I, if I have been untrue
                                   A
I hope you know it was never to you
Bm                                     Bm7 E
Oh Like a baby, stillborn
                     A              E
Like a beast with his horn
                A         A7       D
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
             A                  E7   A
But I swear by this song
            A                       E
And by all that I have done wrong
                A             A7        D
I will make it all up to thee
      A             E7          A               A7              D
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
                                                                        A Bm
He said to me, you must not ask for so much.
                         Bm7                                      A       A7 D
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
                                                                      A
She cried to me, hey, why not ask for more
Bm                                  Bm7  E
Oh like a bird on the wire,
                     A                  E
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
                  A             A7              D A E D A
I have tried in my way to be free.