Bird On The Wire Chords by Rita Coolidge

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Like a bird _ _ _ _ on [D] _
_ a wire _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Like a _ _ drunk _ _ in _ _ [C] a midnight choir _
_ _ I _ _
_ [G] have tried _
_ [Em] in _ _ _
_ [D] my own way _ _ To _ _ [G] be _ free _
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Like _ a bird _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] on a hook _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Like a _ _ knife _ _ _ _ _
[C] from an old-fashioned book _
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[G] I have _ saved _
[Em] _ _ _ _ all [G] my rhythms _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ just [G] for _ you _
[C] And _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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if _ I _ _ _ _ have been [G] _
unkind _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ [Am]
hope that you _ _ will _ _ [G] let it go right on by
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_ _ _ _ [C] And if _ I _ _ _ _ _ [B] have been [G] _
unkind I _ _
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hope you know _ _ it _ _ _ [D] was not to [D] _ _
you _ _ _ _ _
[G] Like a babe _ _ _
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[D] _ _ stillborn _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Like a _ _ _ _ _ [D] beast _ _ with [C] his _ _ _ horns
_ _ _ I have [G] told _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ everyone _ [A] _ _ _ _
who [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] reached out for _ _ me
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But [G] I swear _ _ _ _ by _ _ [D] this whole song _
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[G] By _ _ all _ _ _ _ I [C] have done _ _ [Am] wrong _ _ _ _ _
[G] I will make it, _ [Em] _ _ _ I [D] will make it all, _ _ _ _ _ [G] all up to _ _ you
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_ _ [G] _ I _
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_ [C] saw a beggar _ man, _ _ oh, leaning on [G] his _ _ _ crutch _ _ _ _ _
[Am] And he said to me, _ _ oh, you [A] must not [G] ask for so _ much
_ _ _ _ And a [C] pretty woman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] leaning in the [G] _ door _ _
_ _ She _ _ [Am] cried out to me, _ _ hey, _ why [D] not ask for _ more _ _ _ _
[G] Like a bird _ _ _ _ _ on _ [D] a wire _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Like a _ _ drunk _ in _ _ [Dm]
a [C] midnight choir _ _ _ _
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I [G] have _ tried _ [Em] _ _ _ in _ [D] my own way _ To _ _ _
_ [G] be _ free
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Oh, _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I have [G] _ tried _ _ _
[Em] in _ _ _ [D]
my own _ [A] way _
[D] _ To _ _ [G] be _ free _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] To be [G] free _ _ _
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