Leonard Cohen, Bird On A Wire (1968)
Key: :[B] (w: Leonard Cohen)
INTRO: [B] [F#] [B] [E] [B] [F#] [B] [F#]
VERSE 1:
Like a
[B] bird on a
[F#] wire
Like a
[B] drunk in a midnight
[E] choir
I have
[B] tried in my
[F#] ways to be
[B] free
[F#]
VERSE 2:
Like a
[B] fish, on a
[F#] hook
Like a
[B] knight in some old fashioned
[E] book
I have
[B] saved all my
[F#] ribbons for
[B] thee
[B7]
CHORUS 1:
[E] And if I, if I have been un-
[B]-kind
I just
[C#m] hope you, will let it go
[B] by
[E] And if I, if I have been un-
[B]-true
I just
[C#m] hope you know, it was never to
[F#] you
VERSE 3:
Like a
[B] baby, still
[F#] born
Like a
[B] beast with his
[E] horn
I have
[B] torn every-
[F#]-one who reached out to
[B] me
[F#]
VERSE 4:
But I
[B] swear, by this
[F#] song
And by
[B] all that I have done
[E] wrong
[B] I'll make it
[F#] all up to
[B] thee
[B7]
CHORUS 2:
[E] I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden
[B] crutch
He called
[C#m] out to me, don't ask for so
[B] much
[E] And a young woman, leaning in her darkened
[B] door
She cried
[C#m] out to me, hey why not ask for
[F#] more
VERSE 5:
Like a
[B] bird on a
[F#] wire
Like a
[B] drunk in a midnight
[E] choir
I have
[B] tried in my
[F#] ways to be
[E] free
[B] 