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# C#sus4 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# C#sus4 C#
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
F# C#
If I, if I have been unkind
D#m C#
I hope that you can just let it go by.
F# C#
If I, if I have been untrue,
D#m 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# C#sus4 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# C#sus4 C#
I will make it all up to thee.
F# C#
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
D#m C#
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
F# C#
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
D#m 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.