Bird on the Wire

Tuning: D G C F A D (standard, full step down)

Intro: A
("Comme l'oiseau sur la branche
Comme l'ivrogne dans le coeur de la nuit
J'ai cherche ma liberte")

A | E | A | D
A | E | A Asus4 | A

A       E
Like a bird on the wire
A               D
Like a drunk in some midnight choir
A       E       A Asus4 | A
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight bent down in some old fashioned book
It was the shape, the shape of our love twisted me

D                A
If I, if I have been unkind
Bm                               A
I hope you can, I hope you can just let it all go by, go by
D                   A
And if I, if I have been untrue
Bm                           E Esus4 | E
It's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too

Like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me

But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee

I saw a beggar, he was leaning on his wooden crutch
He says to me, "Come on now, you must not ask for so much."
And another pretty woman, she was leaning in her darkened door
She cried out to me, "Come on now, why don't you ask,
Why don't you ask for just a little more?
Just a little more?"

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

Intro:
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D|---------------------------------------------------|

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D|---------------------------------------------------|

E                A
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F|------1---0h1-----1-----------2--------------------|
C|----2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
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D|--0-----------0------------------------------------|

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F|----2---2---2---2---2---2-------2------------------|
C|--0-------------------------------------2---2---2--|
G|--------------------------------------0------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|

E                A
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D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------------0-----------2---3-------3----|
F|------1---0h1-----1-------2---2-----------2--------|
C|----2---2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
G|--------------------------0-----------0------------|
D|--0-----------0------------------------------------|

A
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D|---------------------------|
A|--2-------0---2------------|
F|------2-----------2---2----|
C|----2---2---2---2---2---2--|
G|--0-----------0------------|
D|---------------------------|

E       B
Like a bird on the wire
E            A
Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
E       B       E    B
I have tried in my way to be free

E      B
Like a worm on a hook
E                A
Like a knight bent down in some old fashioned book
E       B         E   E7
It was the shape of our love that twisted me

A                    E
If I have been unkind, if I have been unkind
F#m                  E
Oh I hope you can find a way to let it all go right on by
A                              E
If I have been un, if I have been untrue, if I have been untrue
F#m                     B   Bsus4  B
It's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too

Like a little baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me

But I swear by this song
By all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee

Ah don't cry, don't, don't cry, don't cry no more
It's over now, it's over, babe, don't cry no more
I say don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry anymore
It's over, it's finished, it's completed and has, it has been paid for

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
E       B       A  E
I have tried in my way to be free

G           D           G                   C
Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
G           D   Gsus4 G
I have tried in my way to be free
G        D             G                             C
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
G            D    Gsus4  G
I have saved all my ribbons for thee

C                     G
If I if I have been unkind
Am                                 G
I hope that you can just let it go by
C                     G
If I if I have been untrue
Am                              D
I hope you know it was never to you

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

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

Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free