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

INTRO: [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] [A]

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

VERSE 2:
Like a [D] fish, on a [A] hook
Like a [D] knight in some old fashioned [G] book
I have [D] saved all my [A] ribbons for [D] thee [D7]

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

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

VERSE 4:
But I [D] swear, by this [A] song
And by [D] all that I have done [G] wrong
[D] I'll make it [A] all up to [D] thee [D7]

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

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