Leonard Cohen, Bird On A Wire (1968)
Key: :[A#] (w: Leonard Cohen)
INTRO: [A#] [F] [A#] [D#] [A#] [F] [A#] [F]
VERSE 1:
Like a
[A#] bird on a
[F] wire
Like a
[A#] drunk in a midnight
[D#] choir
I have
[A#] tried in my
[F] ways to be
[A#] free
[F]
VERSE 2:
Like a
[A#] fish, on a
[F] hook
Like a
[A#] knight in some old fashioned
[D#] book
I have
[A#] saved all my
[F] ribbons for
[A#] thee
[A#7]
CHORUS 1:
[D#] And if I, if I have been un-
[A#]-kind
I just
[Cm] hope you, will let it go
[A#] by
[D#] And if I, if I have been un-
[A#]-true
I just
[Cm] hope you know, it was never to
[F] you
VERSE 3:
Like a
[A#] baby, still
[F] born
Like a
[A#] beast with his
[D#] horn
I have
[A#] torn every-
[F]-one who reached out to
[A#] me
[F]
VERSE 4:
But I
[A#] swear, by this
[F] song
And by
[A#] all that I have done
[D#] wrong
[A#] I'll make it
[F] all up to
[A#] thee
[A#7]
CHORUS 2:
[D#] I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden
[A#] crutch
He called
[Cm] out to me, don't ask for so
[A#] much
[D#] And a young woman, leaning in her darkened
[A#] door
She cried
[Cm] out to me, hey why not ask for
[F] more
VERSE 5:
Like a
[A#] bird on a
[F] wire
Like a
[A#] drunk in a midnight
[D#] choir
I have
[A#] tried in my
[F] ways to be
[D#] free
[A#] 