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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