Leonard Cohen, Bird On A Wire (1968)
Key: :[F#] (w: Leonard Cohen)
INTRO: [F#] [C#] [F#] [B] [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#]
VERSE 1:
Like a
[F#] bird on a
[C#] wire
Like a
[F#] drunk in a midnight
[B] choir
I have
[F#] tried in my
[C#] ways to be
[F#] free
[C#]
VERSE 2:
Like a
[F#] fish, on a
[C#] hook
Like a
[F#] knight in some old fashioned
[B] book
I have
[F#] saved all my
[C#] ribbons for
[F#] thee
[F#7]
CHORUS 1:
[B] And if I, if I have been un-
[F#]-kind
I just
[G#m] hope you, will let it go
[F#] by
[B] And if I, if I have been un-
[F#]-true
I just
[G#m] hope you know, it was never to
[C#] you
VERSE 3:
Like a
[F#] baby, still
[C#] born
Like a
[F#] beast with his
[B] horn
I have
[F#] torn every-
[C#]-one who reached out to
[F#] me
[C#]
VERSE 4:
But I
[F#] swear, by this
[C#] song
And by
[F#] all that I have done
[B] wrong
[F#] I'll make it
[C#] all up to
[F#] thee
[F#7]
CHORUS 2:
[B] I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden
[F#] crutch
He called
[G#m] out to me, don't ask for so
[F#] much
[B] And a young woman, leaning in her darkened
[F#] door
She cried
[G#m] out to me, hey why not ask for
[C#] more
VERSE 5:
Like a
[F#] bird on a
[C#] wire
Like a
[F#] drunk in a midnight
[B] choir
I have
[F#] tried in my
[C#] ways to be
[B] free
[F#] 