Bird on the Wire chords by Dave Cousins, Leonard Cohen, The Strawbs
Verse 1
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Am
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D
Like a bird on the wire
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C
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
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D
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I have tried in my way to be free
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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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D
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I have saved all my ribbons for thee
Verse 2
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If I, if I have been unkind
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C
I hope that you can just let it go by
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If I, if I have been untrue
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I hope you know it was never to you
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Verse 3
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Oh, like a baby, stillborn
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C
Like a beast with his horn
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I have torn everyone who
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reached out for me
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But I swear by this song
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And by all that I have done wrong
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I will make it all up to thee
Verse 4
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I saw a beggar leaning
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on his wooden crutch
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He said to me,
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"You must not ask for so much"
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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,
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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
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
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D
I have tried in my way to be free
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Bird on the Wire
Dave Cousins, Leonard Cohen, The Strawbs
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