Chords for Bird on the Wire

_ Like _ [A] a bird _ _ _ on the [Abm] wire, _ _ like [E] a drunk in a midnight [D] choir, _ _ I [E] have tried _ in my way _ to
be [A] free. _ _ _
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Like a worm _ _ _ on a [E] hook, _ _ _ like a knight from some old-fashioned [D] book, _ _ I [A] have saved _ all
[E] my _ _ ribbons [A] for thee. _
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If I, _ _ if I have been [A] _ unkind,
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ I hope that you _ can just let it [A] go by. _
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_ _ [D] _ _ If I, _ _ if I have been [A] _ untrue, _
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_ _ [Bm] _ I hope you know _ it was never [E] to _ _ _ _ you.
_ Oh, like [A] a baby _
_ _ [Ab] stillborn, _ _ [E] like a beast _ with [Gb] his horn, _ _ I [E] have torn _ everyone _ _ who reached
out [A] for me. _ _
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But I swear _ _ by [E] this song _ and [A] by all that I have [D] done wrong, _ _
_ _ [A] _ I will make [E] it all _ up [A] to thee. _
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_ _ [D] _ I saw a beggar leaning on his [A] wooden _ _ _ _ crutch. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] He said to me, you must not ask for [A] so much.
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_ [D] _ And a pretty woman leaning in her _
[A] darkened door, _ _ _
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[Bm] _ she cried to me, _ hey, why not [E] ask for more? _ _
_ _ Oh, like [A] a bird _ _ [Ab] on the wire, _ _ [E] like a drunk in [A] a _ midnight [D] choir, _ I have [E] _ tried _ in my way
_ to [D] be [A] free. _ _ _
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