Bird on a Wire by Leonard Cohen, as performed by Willie Nelson
Chord Guide |
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123 A: x02220 |
231 E: 022100 |
132 D: xx0232 |
123 Asus4: x02230 |
13421 Bm: x24432 |
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