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 Gsus4 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 Gsus4 G
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
C G
If I, if I have been unkind
Am G
I hope that you can just let it go by.
C G
If I, if I have been untrue,
Am 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 Gsus4 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 Gsus4 G
I will make it all up to thee.
C G
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Am G
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
C G
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
Am 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.