Leonard Cohen, Bird On A Wire (1968)
^{Key: :[F] (w: Leonard Cohen)}

INTRO: [F] [C] [F] [A#] [F] [C] [F] [C]

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

VERSE 2:
Like a [F] fish, on a [C] hook
Like a [F] knight in some old fashioned [A#] book
I have [F] saved all my [C] ribbons for [F] thee [F7]

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

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

VERSE 4:
But I [F] swear, by this [C] song
And by [F] all that I have done [A#] wrong
[F] I'll make it [C] all up to [F] thee [F7]