Bird On A Wire
Leonard Cohen
Chords 1-5-1-4-1-5-1 /// 4-1-2-5 4-1-2-5
Verse 1
Like a A bird on a E7 wire, like a A drunk in a midnight D choir
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I have A tried in my E7 way to be A free Asus4 A
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Like a A worm on a E7 hook,
(repeat)
like a A knight from some old-fashioned D book
I have A saved all my E7 ribbons for A thee. Asus4 A
Chorus 1 Up an octave
If D I, if I have been un-A-kind
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I B7 hope that you can just let it go E7 by
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If D I, if I have been un-A-true,
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I B7 hope you know it was never to E7 you. E7+5
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Verse 2
Like a A baby still-E7-born, like a A beast with his D horn
I have A torn every-E7-one who reached out for A me.
But I A swear by this E7 song
and by A all that I have done D wrong
I will A make it E7 all up to A thee. Asus4 A
Chorus 2
I D saw a beggar leaning on his wooden A crutch
B7 He said to me, "You must not ask for so E7 much."
And D a pretty woman leaning in her darkened A door,
She B7 cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for E7 more?" E7+5
Ending
Like a A bird on a E7 wire, like a A drunk in a midnight D choir
I have A tried in my E7 way to be D free. A