Johnny Cash, Bird On A Wire (1994)
^{Key: :[E] (w: Leonard Cohen, 1968, Key: G)}

INTRO: [E] [B]

VERSE 1:
Like a [E] bird on a [B] wire
Like a [E] drunk in a midnight [A] choir
I have [E] tried in my [B] ways to be [E] free [B]

VERSE 2:
Like a [E] fish, on a [B] hook
Like a [E] knight in some old fashioned [A] book
I have [E] saved all my [B] ribbons for [E] thee [E7]

CHORUS 1:
And if [A] I, if I have been un-[E]-kind
I just [F#] hope you, will let it go [B] by
And if [A] I, if I have been un-[E]-true
I just [F#] hope you know, it was never to [B] you

VERSE 3:
Like a [E] baby, still [B] born
Like a [E] beast with his [A] horn
I have [E] torn every-[B]-one who reached out to [E] me [B]

VERSE 4:
But I [E] swear, by this [B] song
And by [E] all that I have done [A] wrong
[E] I'll make it [B] all up to [E] thee [E7]

CHORUS 2:
I saw a [A] young man, leaning on his wooden [E] crutch
He called [F#] out to me, don't ask for so [B] much
And a [A] young woman, leaning in her darkened [E] door
She cried [F#] out to me, hey why not ask for [B] more

VERSE 5:
Like a [E] bird on a [B] wire
Like a [E] drunk in a midnight [A] choir
I have [E] tried in my [B] ways to be [A] free [E]