Bird on the Wire [C] - Leonard Cohen Like a [C] bird on the [G7] wire Like a [C] drunk in a [C7] midnight [F] choir I have [C] tried in my [G7] way to be [C] free [Csus4] [C] Like a [C] worm on a [G7] hook Like a [C] knight from some [C7] old fashioned [F] book I have [C] saved all my [G7] ribbons for [C] thee [Csus4] [C] [F] If I if I have been un[C]kind I [Dm] hope that you can just let it go [C] by [F] If I if I have been un[C]true I [Dm] hope you know it was never to [G] you [Gsus4] [G] [G7] Like a [C] baby still[G7]born Like a [C] beast [C7] with his [F] horn I have [C] torn every[G7]one who reached [C] out for me [Csus4] [C] But I [C] swear by this [G7] song And by [C] all that [C7] I have done [F] wrong I will [C] make it [G7] all up to [C] thee [Csus4] [C] [F] I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden [C] crutch [Dm] He said to me you must not ask for so [C] much [Csus4] [C] [F] And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened [C] door [Dm] She cried to me hey why not ask for [G] more [Gsus4] [G] [G7] Like a [C] bird on the [G7] wire Like a [C] drunk in a [C7] midnight [F] choir I have [C] tried in my [G7] way to be [F] free [C]