BIRD ON THE WIRE Leonard Cohen
Intro Ride on A slow to moderate
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Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a mid-night choir
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I have tried in my wa-ay to be fr-e-e
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Like a worm on a hook
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Like a knight from some old fashioned book
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I have sa-v-ed a-ll my ribbons for th-e-e
Verse 3
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If I, if I have been un-kind mm mm
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I hope that you can just let it go by (let it go by)
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If I, if I have been un-true mm mm
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I hope you know it was never to y-o-u no no
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Like a baby, stillborn Like a beast with his horn
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I have torn every-one who reached out for me-e
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But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
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I will make it all up to the-e (yes I will)
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I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch mm mm
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He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much."
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And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door oh yea
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She cried to me, " why not ask for more?" mm mm
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Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a mid-night choir
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I have tried in my wa-ay to be fr-e-e
Solo verse 3 D A Bm A D A Bm E Esus4 E
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Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a mid-night choir
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I have tried in my wa-ay to be fr-e-e
Outro Fade
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