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BIRD ON THE WIRE
Leonard Cohen
Like a [A] bird on the [E] wire,
Like a [A] drunk in a midnight [D] choir
I have [A] tried in my [E] way to be [A] free [Asus4][A][E]
Like a [A] worm on a [E] hook,
Like a [A] knight from
some old-fashioned [D] book
I have [A] saved all my [E] ribbons for [A] thee [Asus4][A][E]
[D] If I, if I have
been un-[A]-kind
I [Bm] hope that you can just let it go [A] by
If [D] I, if I have been un-[A]-true,
I [Bm] hope
you know it was never to [E] you.
Like a [A] baby still-[E]-born,
Like a [A] beast with his [D] horn
I have
[A] torn every-[E]-one who reached out for [A] me. [Asus4][A][E]
But I [A] swear by this [E] song
And by [A] all that
I have done [D] wrong
[A] I will make it [E] all up to [A] thee. [Asus4][A][E]
[D] I saw a beggar leaning
on his wooden [A] crutch
He [Bm] said to me, "You must not ask for so [A] much."
[D] And a pretty
woman leaning in her darkened [A] door,
She [Bm] cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for [E] more?"
Like a [A] bird on the [E] wire,
Like a [A] drunk in a midnight [D] choir
I have [A] tried in my [E] way to be
[D] free [A]
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