3/4, tempo 120, Jazz-Long Notes
F C F Bb
1. Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
F C Fsus4 F
I have tried in my way to be free.
F C F Bb
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
F C Fsus4 F
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
Bb F
If I, if I have been unkind
Gm F
I hope that you can just let it go by.
Bb F
If I, if I have been untrue,
Gm C
I hope you know it was never to you.
F C F Bb
2. Oh like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn
F C Fsus4 F
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
F C F Bb
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
F C Fsus4 F
I will make it all up to thee.
Bb F
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Gm F
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
Bb F
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
Gm C
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
F C F Bb
3. Oh like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
F C Bb F
I have tried in my way to be free.