Chords for Bird On The Wire - Leonard Cohen Cover with Louise Lhermitte
Tempo:
139.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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