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BIRD ON THE WIRE  (Leonard Cohen)
Jean-Sebastien Porlier [jsp@pedweb.com] 
 
        A           E       
Like a bird on the wire
         A                   D            A          E         A
Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free
         A        E
Like a worm on a hook
         A                             D          A             E           A 
Like a knight from some old-fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee


D                        A
 If I, if I have been unkind
Bbm                                   A
   I hope that you can just let it go by
D                        A
 If I, if I have been untrue
Bbm                                 E Esus4 E
   I hope you know it was never to you


       A          E
Like a baby stillborn
         A             D           A        E                       A
Like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me
        A            E
But I swear by this song
        A                     D   A                 E          A 
And by all that I have done wrong   I will make it all up to thee


D                                       A
 I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Bbm                                      A
   He said to me , "You must not ask for so much"
D                                            A
 And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, 
Bbm                                        E   Esus4 E
   She cried to me , "Hey why not ask for more?"


        A           E
Like a bird on the wire
         A                   D            A          E          D4  D  A 
Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.