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