Bird On The Wire Chords

Bird On The Wire chord
Leonard Cohen 1969*
 
       A           E
Like a bird on the wire,
       A                   D
like a drunk in a midnight choir
       A           E         A
I have tried in my way to be free.
                 E
Like a worm on a hook,
       A                              D
like a knight from some old fashioned book
       A            E           A
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
 
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
I hope you know it was never to you.
 
       A          E
Like a baby, stillborn,
       A              D
like a beast with his horn
       A         E                       A
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
                    E
But I swear by this song
       A                    D
and by all that I have done wrong
A              E         A
I will make it all up to thee.
 
D                                    A
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
Bm                                      A
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
D                                          A
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
Bm                                     E
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
 
          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.