CAPO: 3

Intro: G   D   C   G 

verse 1 
                    D            G                   C  
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir 
       G           D          G  
I have tried in my ways to be free 
                  D            G                            C 
Like a fish, on a hook, like a knight in some old fashioned book  
       G            D           G  
I have saved all my ribbons for thee 


verse 2 
       C                  G  
And if I, if I have been unkind 
       Am                       G  
I just hope you, will let it go by 
       C                  G  
And if I, if I have been untrue 
       Am                             D  
I just hope you know, it was never to you 


verse 3 
       G          D            G              C  
Like a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn 
       G         D                      G  
I have torn everyone who reached out to me 
                     D            G                    C  
But I swear, by this song, and by all that I have done wrong 
G            D         G  
I'll make it all up to thee 


verse 4 
        C                               G  
I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden crutch 
          Am                           G  
He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much" 
      C                                    G    
And a young woman, leaning in her darkened door 
          Am                               D  
She cried out to me, "Hey, why not ask for more" 

  
Outro 
       G            D            G                   C  
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir 
       G           D          C     G  
I have tried in my ways to be free