3/4, tempo 120, Jazz-Long Notes
H F# H E
1. Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
H F# Hsus4 H
I have tried in my way to be free.
H F# H E
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
H F# Hsus4 H
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
E H
If I, if I have been unkind
C#m H
I hope that you can just let it go by.
E H
If I, if I have been untrue,
C#m F#
I hope you know it was never to you.
H F# H E
2. Oh like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn
H F# Hsus4 H
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
H F# H E
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
H F# Hsus4 H
I will make it all up to thee.
E H
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
C#m H
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
E H
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
C#m F#
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
H F# H E
3. Oh like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
H F# E H
I have tried in my way to be free.