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

INTRO: [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [D]

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

VERSE 2:
Like a [G] fish, on a [D] hook
Like a [G] knight in some old fashioned [C] book
I have [G] saved all my [D] ribbons for [G] thee [G7]

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

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

VERSE 4:
But I [G] swear, by this [D] song
And by [G] all that I have done [C] wrong
[G] I'll make it [D] all up to [G] thee [G7]

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

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