Johnny Cash, Bird On A Wire (1994)
^{Key: :[F] (w: Leonard Cohen, 1968, Key: G)}

INTRO: [F] [C]

VERSE 1:
Like a [F] bird on a [C] wire
Like a [F] drunk in a midnight [Bb] 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 [Bb] book
I have [F] saved all my [C] ribbons for [F] thee [F7]

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

VERSE 3:
Like a [F] baby, still [C] born
Like a [F] beast with his [Bb] 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 [Bb] wrong
[F] I'll make it [C] all up to [F] thee [F7]

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

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