3/4, tempo 120, Jazz-Long Notes
C G C F
1. Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
C G Csus4 C
I have tried in my way to be free.
C G C F
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
C G Csus4 C
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
F C
If I, if I have been unkind
Dm C
I hope that you can just let it go by.
F C
If I, if I have been untrue,
Dm G
I hope you know it was never to you.
C G C F
2. Oh like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn
C G Csus4 C
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
C G C F
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
C G Csus4 C
I will make it all up to thee.
F C
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Dm C
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
F C
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
Dm G
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
C G C F
3. Oh like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
C G F C
I have tried in my way to be free.