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Bird On The Wire
Leonard Cohen
Key : A
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[Verse 1]
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       A           E
Like a bird on the wire
       A                   D
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
       A           E         A   Asus4
I have tried in my way to be free
A       A         E
 Like a worm on a hook
       A                              D
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
       A           E            A   Asus4 A
I have saved all my ribbons for thee

[Chorus (1)]
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D                       A
 If I, if I have been unkind
Bm                                   A
  I hope that you can just let it go by
D                       A
 If I, if I have been untrue
Bm                             E     Esus4
  I hope you know it was never to you
E         A        E
 Like a baby, stillborn

[Verse 2]
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          A           D
Like a beast with his horn
       A         E                       A Asus4
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
A      A             E
 But I swear by this song
       A                    D
And by all that I have done wrong
A               E         A   Asus4 A
 I will make it all up to thee

[Chorus (2)]
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D                                     A
 I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Bm                                     A
  He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
D                                           A
 And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
Bm                                   E         Esus4
  She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

[Outro]
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E          A           E
 Oh like a bird on the wire
          A                D
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
       A           E         D    A
I have tried in my way to be free.
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