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Bird on a Wire

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Soul Asylum, Bird On A Wire  (written by Leonard Cohen)
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(Intro) A	    A	A	A

           A  	             E		   A	             D
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
	 A	       E	         A  (p/o D)
I have tried in my own way to be free

              A	 E
Like a worm on a hook
	A			D
like a knight from some old fashioned book
            A		 E	   A (p/o D)
I have saved all my ribbons for thee

        D		A
and if I have been unkind
    B 		     A
I hope you will let it slip by
       D		 A
and if I have been untrue
     B			E
I hope you know it was not to you

          A	         E
like a baby still born
           A		  D
like a beast with his horn
	A	    E		   A (p/o D)
I have turned from all those who turned to me

            A		 E
But I swear by this song
            A			D
and by all that I have done wrong
	A	       E                 A	(p/o D)
I have saved all these moments for thee

    D			 A
I saw a beggar on his broken crutch
    B 			               A
he said to me, you shouldn’t ask for so much
    D			           A
I saw a pretty lady in her darkened door
        B			     E
she said to me, why not ask for more?


           A	             E
Like a bird on the wire
            A		           D
like a drunk in a midnight choir
            A		    E	     A
I have tried in my own way to be free.