Bird On The Wire Leonard Cohen

Bird On The Wire

Leonard Cohen

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2100
0:00 3:20
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 6/8
Key: A
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
       A           E
Like a bird on the wire
       A                   D
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
       A           E         A   Asus4
I have tried in my way to be free
A       A         E
 Like a worm on a hook
       A                              D
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
       A           E            A   Asus4 A
I have saved all my ribbons for thee

[Chorus]
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
  I hope you know it was never to you
E         A        E
 Like a baby, stillborn

[Verse 2]
          A           D
Like a beast with his horn
       A         E                       A Asus4
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
A      A             E
 But I swear by this song
       A                    D
And by all that I have done wrong
A               E         A   Asus4 A
 I will make it all up to thee

[Chorus]
D                                     A
 I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Bm
  He said to me,
                      A
"You must not ask for so much."
D                                           A
 And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
Bm
  She cried to me, "Hey,
            E         Esus4
why not ask for more?"

[Outro]
E          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.

Bars

[Verse 1]
| A - | E - | A -     | D - |
| A - | E - | A Asus4 | A - |
| A - | E - | A -     | D - |
| A - | E - | A Asus4 | A - |

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

[Chorus]
| D  - | - - | A -     | - - |
| Bm - | - - | A -     | - - |
| D  - | - - | A -     | - - |
| Bm - | - - | E Esus4 | E - |
| A  - | E - |

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
Like a baby, stillborn

[Verse 2]
            | A -     | D - |
| A - | E - | A Asus4 | A - |
| A - | E - | A -     | D - |
| A - | E - | A Asus4 | A - |

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

[Chorus]
| D  - | - - | A -     | - - |
| Bm - | - - | A -     | - - |
| D  - | - - | A -     | - - |
| Bm - | - - | E Esus4 |

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]
                        | E - - |
| A - - | E - - | A - - | D - - |
| A - - | E - - | D - A |

Oh 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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