Bird On The Wire

Capo II* CGCFCGCG C G Like a bird on the wire, C F Like a drunk in a midnight choir C G C G I have tried in my way to be free. C G Like a worm on a hook, C F Like a knight from some old fashioned book C G C C7 I have saved all my ribbons for thee. F C C7 If I, if I have been unkind, F C C7 Well I hope that you can just let it go by. F C And if I, if I have been untrue F G G7 Well I hope you know it was never to you. C G Like a baby, stillborn, C F Like a beast with his horn C G C G I have torn everyone who reached out for me. C G But I swear by this song C F And by all that I have done wrong C G C C7 I will make it all up to thee. F C C7 I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, F C C7 Well he said to me, "You must not ask for so much." F C C7 And a pretty woman standing by her darkened door, F G G7 She said to me, "why not ask for more?" C G Oh like a bird on the wire, C F Like a drunk in a midnight choir C G C C I have tried in my way to be free * Alternate: Open C = D G = A F = G C7 = D7 G7 = A7 Set8