Bird On A Wire Chords by Johnny Cash

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Like _ _ _ _ a bird _ on [C]
a wire, _ _ _ [F] like a drunk in a midnight _
[Bb] _ choir, _ _ [F] I have tried in [C]
my way _ [G] to [C]
[F] be free. _ _ _ _
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[F] Like a fish _ _ [C] on a hook, _ _ _ [F] like a knight in some old [Bb]-fashioned book, _ _ [F] I have saved all [C] my _ ribbons for [F] _ thee. _ _ _
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And if I, _ _ if I have been _
[F] _ unkind, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I [G] just hope you _ _ will _ _ let it [C] go by. _ _ _ _
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[Bb] And if I, _ _ if I have been _
[F] untrue, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I [G] just hope you know _ _ it _ was never [C] to you.
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Like a [F] baby _ _ _ [C] stillborn, _ _ _ [F] like a beast [Bb] _ [F] _ [A] with [Bb] his horn, _ I [F] have torn _ _ _
[C] everyone who reached out [F] to me.
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] [E] But [F] I swear _ by [C] the song _ _ _ [F] and by all that I have [Bb] done wrong, _ _ _
[F] _ _ I'll make [C] it all up _ _ [F] to thee. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] [Dm] I [Bb] saw a young man _ leaning on his wooden [F] crutch, _ _ _ _ _ _ and he called [G] out to me, _ _ _
_ _ Don't ask for [C] so much.
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[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] And a young woman _ _ leaning in her _ darkened [F] door, _ _ _ _ _ _ and she called [G] out to me, _ _
Hey, why not ask [C] for more?
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[F] Like a bird _ _ [C] on a wire, _ _ [F] like a drunk in a [Bb] midnight [A] _
[Bb] _ choir, _ I [F] have tried in my [C] _ way _ to _ [Bb] be free. _
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Thank [F] _ _ _ _ _
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you.
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