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Bird on a Wire by Leonard Cohen, as performed by Willie Nelson
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123 A: x02220 |
231 E: 022100 |
132 D: xx0232 |
123 Asus4: x02230 |
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13421 Bm: x24432 |
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Intro: A (4)
A E
A D
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
A E
A Asus4
I have tried in my way to be free
A E
A D
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some
old-fashioned book
A E A (2) (walkup)
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
D (2) A (2)
If I, if I have
been unkind
Bm (2) A (2)
I hope that you
can just let it go by
D (2) A (2)
If I, if I have
been untrue,
Bm (2) E (2)
I hope you know
it was never to you.
A E
A D
Like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn
A E A (2)
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
A E A D
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
A E Asus4 A (walkup)
I will make it all up to thee.
D (2) A (2)
I saw a beggar
leaning on his wooden crutch
Bm (2) A (2)
He said to me,
"You must not ask for so much."
D (2) A (2)
And a pretty
woman leaning in her darkened door,
Bm (2) E (2)
She cried to me,
"Hey, why not ask for more?"
A E
A D
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
A E A (2)
I have tried in my way to be free
Instrumental Verse
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
