INTRO: [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G]

VERSE 1:
Like a [C] bird on a [G] wire
Like a [C] drunk in a midnight [F] choir
I have [C] tried in my [G] ways to be [C] free [G]

VERSE 2:
Like a [C] fish, on a [G] hook
Like a [C] knight in some old fashioned [F] book
I have [C] saved all my [G] ribbons for [C] thee [C7]

CHORUS 1:
[F] And if I, if I have been un-[C]-kind
I just [Dm] hope you, will let it go [C] by
[F] And if I, if I have been un-[C]-true
I just [Dm] hope you know, it was never to [G] you

VERSE 3:
Like a [C] baby, still [G] born
Like a [C] beast with his [F] horn
I have [C] torn every-[G]-one who reached out to [C] me [G]

VERSE 4:
But I [C] swear, by this [G] song
And by [C] all that I have done [F] wrong
[C] I'll make it [G] all up to [C] thee [C7]

CHORUS 2:
[F] I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden [C] crutch
He called [Dm] out to me, don't ask for so [C] much
[F] And a young woman, leaning in her darkened [C] door
She cried [Dm] out to me, hey why not ask for [G] more

VERSE 5:
Like a [C] bird on a [G] wire
Like a [C] drunk in a midnight [F] choir
I have [C] tried in my [G] ways to be [F] free [C]