G D G C
Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
G D Gsus4 G
I have tried in my way to be free
G D G C
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
G D Gsus4 G
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
C G
If I if I have been unkind
Am G
I hope that you can just let it go by
C G
If I if I have been untrue
Am D
I hope you know it was never to you
Like a baby stillborn like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me “You must not ask for so much.”
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me “Hey, why not ask for more?”
Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
G D Gsus4 G
I have tried in my way to be free
G D G C
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book
G D Gsus4 G
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
C G
If I if I have been unkind
Am G
I hope that you can just let it go by
C G
If I if I have been untrue
Am D
I hope you know it was never to you
Like a baby stillborn like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me “You must not ask for so much.”
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me “Hey, why not ask for more?”
Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
