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