Chords for Van Ronk - Bird on a Wire

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Like _ _ _ a bird _ _ _ on the wire, _ _ like [C#] a drunk in a midnight [F#] _ choir, _ _ _
_ [C#] I have tried in my [G#] way to _ _
[C#] be free.
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_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
Like a worm _ _ _ [G#] on the hook, _ _ _
_ [C#] like a knight in an old [F#]-fashioned book, _ _
_ [C#] _ _ I have saved [G#] all my
ribbons for [C#] _ thee. _ _
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[F#] If I've _ _ _ _ _ _ _
been _ _ [C#] unkind, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I hope you _ will _ _ let it pass by. _ _
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_ If _ _ I've _ _ _ _ _ been [C#] _ untrue, _
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_ [D#] I hope you know _ it _ was never [G#] to you.
Like _
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_ [C#] a baby _ _
_ [F#] _ stillborn, [G#] _ _
[C#] like a beast with [F#] its horn, _ _ _
_ [C#] _ I have torn _ [G#] everything _ that reached
out for [F#] me. _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
But I swear _ _ _ [G#] by this song _ _ [C#] and by all of the things [F#] I've done wrong, _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ I will make [G#] it _ _ _ all
[C#] up to thee. _ _ _
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[F#] A cripple _ _ _ _ _ _ _ leaning on [C#] his crutch, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] he told me, _ _ _ _ _ don't ask for too [C#] much. _ _ _ _
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[F#] A lady _ _ _ _ _ leaning out of her [C#] door _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ said, [A#] [D#] why not _ _ _ _ _ _ ask [G#] for more? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] Like a bird _ _ [G#] on the wire, _ _ [C#] like a drunk in a midnight _ _ [F#] choir, _ _ _ [C#] _ I have tried in my [G#] way to
_ _ [C#] be free.
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