3/4, tempo 120, Jazz-Long Notes
G# D# G# C#
1. Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
G# D# G#sus4 G#
I have tried in my way to be free.
G# D# G# C#
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
G# D# G#sus4 G#
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
C# G#
If I, if I have been unkind
Bbm G#
I hope that you can just let it go by.
C# G#
If I, if I have been untrue,
Bbm D#
I hope you know it was never to you.
G# D# G# C#
2. Oh like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn
G# D# G#sus4 G#
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
G# D# G# C#
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
G# D# G#sus4 G#
I will make it all up to thee.
C# G#
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Bbm G#
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
C# G#
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
Bbm D#
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
G# D# G# C#
3. Oh like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
G# D# C# G#
I have tried in my way to be free.