Bird On The Wire tab by Father John Misty

Tuning: D Standard (DGCFAD)

       E         B7
Like a bird on a wire
       E                   A        A7
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
       E           B7        E       A    E    E7
I have tried in my way to be free

       E         B7
Like a worm on a hook
       E                              A      A7
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
    E            B7           E         A    E    E7
The shape of our love twisted me

A                     E            E7
And if I have been un-kind
A                                   E      E7
I hope that you will just let it go by
A                     E       E7
And if I have been un-true
A                               B7
I hope you know it was never to you

       E              B7
Like a beast with his horn
       E          A     A7
Like a baby still-born
       E          A                       E        E7
I have torn every-one who reached out for me

A                                    E        E7
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
A                                         E        E7
She said to me "Hey Isaac, why ask for so much"
A                                       E        E7
Saw my dreamgirl leaning on her bedroom door
A                                           B7
She said to me "C?mon babe, why not ask for more?"

       E         B7
Like a bird on a wire
       E                          A       A7
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
       E           E7        A       E
I have tried in my way to be free




Tab by Isaac Milliken