Chords for WILLIE NELSON - "Bird on a Wire"
Tempo:
90 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [F] [C] [G]
[F] [D]
[G] [F] [C] [G]
[F] [A]
Like a bird on [E] a wire, [A] like a drunk in a midnight [D] choir, [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free.
Like a worm on [E] a hook, [A] like a knight from some old [D]-fashioned book, I [A] have saved [E] all
my ribbons [A] for thee.
[Bbm] [B] [A] [D]
And if I, and if I have ever [A] been unkind, [Bm]
I hope that you can just let it [A] go by.
And [D]
if I have ever been [A]
untrue, [Bm]
I hope you know it was never [E] to you.
[A] Like a baby [E] stillborn, [A] like a beast [D] with his horn, [A] I have torn [E] everyone who [A] reached out for me.
But I swear by [E] this song, and [A] by all that I have [D] done wrong, I [A] will make it [E] all [A] up to thee.
[Bbm] [B]
[A] [D] I saw a beggar leaning on his [A] wooden crutch,
[Bm] and he said to me, you must not ask [A] for so much.
[D] And a pretty woman, leaning in her [A] dark adornment, she [Bm] cried to me, hey, why not ask for more?
[E]
[A] Like a bird on [E] a wire, [A] like a drunk in [D] a midnight choir, [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free.
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
[F] [D]
[G] [F] [C] [G]
[F] [A]
Like a bird on [E] a wire, [A] like a drunk in a midnight [D] choir, [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free.
Like a worm on [E] a hook, [A] like a knight from some old [D]-fashioned book, I [A] have saved [E] all
my ribbons [A] for thee.
[Bbm] [B] [A] [D]
And if I, and if I have ever [A] been unkind, [Bm]
I hope that you can just let it [A] go by.
And [D]
if I have ever been [A]
untrue, [Bm]
I hope you know it was never [E] to you.
[A] Like a baby [E] stillborn, [A] like a beast [D] with his horn, [A] I have torn [E] everyone who [A] reached out for me.
But I swear by [E] this song, and [A] by all that I have [D] done wrong, I [A] will make it [E] all [A] up to thee.
[Bbm] [B]
[A] [D] I saw a beggar leaning on his [A] wooden crutch,
[Bm] and he said to me, you must not ask [A] for so much.
[D] And a pretty woman, leaning in her [A] dark adornment, she [Bm] cried to me, hey, why not ask for more?
[E]
[A] Like a bird on [E] a wire, [A] like a drunk in [D] a midnight choir, [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free.
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
[E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
G
F
A
E
D
[G] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Like a bird on [E] a wire, _ _ [A] like a drunk in a midnight [D] choir, _ _ [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Like a worm on [E] a hook, _ _ [A] like a knight from some old [D]-fashioned book, _ I [A] have saved _ [E] all
my ribbons _ [A] for thee. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ [B] _ [A] _ [D] _
And if I, and if I have ever [A] been unkind, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
I hope that you _ can just let it [A] go by.
_ And _ _ _ [D] _
if I have ever been [A]
untrue, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
I hope you know it was never [E] to you. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Like a baby _ [E] _ stillborn, _ [A] like a beast _ [D] with his horn, [A] I have torn _ _ [E] everyone who [A] reached out for me. _ _ _ _
But I swear _ by [E] this song, and [A] by all that I have [D] done wrong, I [A] will make it _ [E] all [A] up to thee.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ [B] _
[A] _ [D] _ I saw a beggar leaning on his [A] wooden _ crutch, _ _ _
_ [Bm] and he said to me, you must not ask [A] for so much. _ _ _ _
[D] _ And a pretty woman, leaning in her [A] dark _ _ adornment, _ _ she [Bm] cried to me, _ hey, why not ask for more?
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] Like a bird on [E] a wire, _ [A] like a drunk in [D] a midnight choir, [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Like a bird on [E] a wire, _ _ [A] like a drunk in a midnight [D] choir, _ _ [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Like a worm on [E] a hook, _ _ [A] like a knight from some old [D]-fashioned book, _ I [A] have saved _ [E] all
my ribbons _ [A] for thee. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ [B] _ [A] _ [D] _
And if I, and if I have ever [A] been unkind, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
I hope that you _ can just let it [A] go by.
_ And _ _ _ [D] _
if I have ever been [A]
untrue, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
I hope you know it was never [E] to you. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Like a baby _ [E] _ stillborn, _ [A] like a beast _ [D] with his horn, [A] I have torn _ _ [E] everyone who [A] reached out for me. _ _ _ _
But I swear _ by [E] this song, and [A] by all that I have [D] done wrong, I [A] will make it _ [E] all [A] up to thee.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ [B] _
[A] _ [D] _ I saw a beggar leaning on his [A] wooden _ crutch, _ _ _
_ [Bm] and he said to me, you must not ask [A] for so much. _ _ _ _
[D] _ And a pretty woman, leaning in her [A] dark _ _ adornment, _ _ she [Bm] cried to me, _ hey, why not ask for more?
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] Like a bird on [E] a wire, _ [A] like a drunk in [D] a midnight choir, [A] I have tried [E] in my way to [A] be free. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
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