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Bird on the Wire

Leonard Cohen
ChordsKeyAintermediate
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Chords in this song6

Verse 1

Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free  
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee  
If I, if I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go by
If I, if I have been untrue,
I hope you know it was never to you.  

Verse 2

Like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.  
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.  
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?" 

Outro

Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free 

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