Songs from a Room:

Bird on the Wire

written by Leonard Cohen

        A           E
Like a bird on the wire
         A                   D
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
         A          E          A.. Asus4..|A.. ...|
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee

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..|E.. ...|
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?"

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

Verse:

    A                       E
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:--2-------------------2---0-------------------0----:
G:------2---2-------2-----------1---1-------1--------:
D:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
A:--0-----------0------------------------------------:
E:--------------------------0-----------0------------:

    A                       D
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:----------------------0---2-----------2-------2----:
B:--2-------2---2---------------3---3-------3--------:
G:------2-----------2---------2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:----2---2---2---2---2---2-0-----------0------------:
A:--0-----------0------------------------------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    A                       E
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:--2-------------------2---0-------------------0----:
G:------2---2-------2-----------1---1-------1--------:
D:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
A:--0-----------0------------------------------------:
E:--------------------------0-----------0------------:

    A
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:------------------------------------------0---0----:
B:----------2---3-------3---2-------0---2------------:
G:--2---2-----------2-----------2-------------2---2--:
D:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------:
A:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:


Chorus:

    D
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2----:
B:------3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------:
A:---------------------------------------------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    A
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------0----:
B:------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2--------:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:---------------------------------------------------:
A:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    Bm
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:--3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3----:
G:------4-----------4-----------4-----------4--------:
D:----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--:
A:--2-----------2-----------2-----------2------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    A
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------0----:
B:------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2--------:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:---------------------------------------------------:
A:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    D
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2----:
B:------3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------:
A:---------------------------------------------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    A
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------0----:
B:------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2--------:
G:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
D:---------------------------------------------------:
A:--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    Bm
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:--3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3----:
G:------4-----------4-----------4-----------4--------:
D:----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--:
A:--2-----------2-----------2-----------2------------:
E:---------------------------------------------------:

    E
    |   .   .   .   .   .   |   .   .   .   .   .
E:---------------------------------------------------:
B:--0---------------0-----------0-----------0--------:
G:------1---1---2-------2---1-------1---1-------1----:
D:----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--:
A:----------2---2-------2-----------2---2------------:
E:--0-----------------------0------------------------: