Bird On A Wire

[Verso 1]
 
     G                 D           G            G7         C 
Like a bird on a wire, Like a drunk in a midnight choir  
     G                  D          C   G 
I have tried in my way to be free 
     G                D             G             G7            C 
Like a fish on a hook, Like a knight from an old fashioned book  
     G                    D            C   G 
I have saved all my ribbons for thee 
 


[Refrão]
 
             C               G         A7                            G   G7 
And if I have been unkind, I hope that you will just let it go by  
            C               G            A7                           D   D7 
And if I have been untrue, I just hope you know it was never to you 
 


[Verso 2]
 
     G             D         G               G7      C 
Like a baby stillborn, Like a beast with his horn 
     G               D                     C   G 
I have torn everyone who reached out to me 
     G                     D       G          G7        C 
But I swear by this song and by all I have done wrong 
     G                 D      C   G 
I'll make it all up to thee 
 


[Refrão]
 
                     C                          G                  A7                            G   G7 
I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch and he called out to me "Don't ask for so much"  
                    C                            G                A7                            D   D7 
And a young woman leaning on her darkened door, she cried out to me "why not ask for more" 
 


[Verso 3]
 
     G                 D             G            G7       C 
Like a bird on a wire, Like a drunk in a midnight choir  
     G                  D          C   C7   G 
I have tried in my way to be free