Bird on the Wire chords by
Dave Cousins
Dave Cousins
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
The Strawbs
The Strawbs

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Key: A major
Verse 1
G
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Am
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G
G

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D
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Like a bird on the wire
G
G

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C
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Like a drunk in a midnight choir
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G

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D
D

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G
G

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I have tried in my way to be free
D
D

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Like a worm on a hook
G
G

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C
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Like a knight from some old fashioned book
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D
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G
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I have saved all my ribbons for thee
Verse 2
C
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G
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If I, if I have been unkind
Am
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G

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C
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I hope that you can just let it go by
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If I, if I have been un true
Am
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D
D

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I hope you know it was never to you
Verse 3
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Oh, like a baby, stillborn
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C
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Like a beast with his horn
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D
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I have torn everyone who
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Gsus4
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G

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reached out for me
D
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But I swear by this song
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G

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C
C

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And by all that I have done wrong
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D
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I will make it all up to thee
Verse 4
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I saw a beggar leaning
G
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on his wooden crutch
Am
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He said to me,
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G

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"You must not ask for so much"
C
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And a pretty woman leaning
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in her darkened door
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She cried to me, "Hey,
Adim
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D
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why not ask for more?"
Verse 5
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Oh, like a bird on the wire
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C
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Like a drunk in a midnight choir
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D
D

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I have tried in my way to be free
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G
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