3/4, tempo 120, Jazz-Long Notes
E H E A
1. Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
E H Esus4 E
I have tried in my way to be free.
E H E A
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
E H Esus4 E
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
A E
If I, if I have been unkind
F#m E
I hope that you can just let it go by.
A E
If I, if I have been untrue,
F#m H
I hope you know it was never to you.
E H E A
2. Oh like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn
E H Esus4 E
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
E H E A
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
E H Esus4 E
I will make it all up to thee.
A E
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
F#m E
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
A E
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
F#m H
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
E H E A
3. Oh like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
E H A E
I have tried in my way to be free.