written by Leonard Cohen
Intro: A
A E
Like a bird on the wire
A D
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
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I have tried in my way to be free
A E
Like a worm on a hook
A D
Like a monk bending over the book
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It was the shape, the shape of our love twisted me
D A
If I, if I have been unkind
Bm A
I hope that you can just let it go right on by
D A
If I, if I have been untrue
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It's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too
Like a little baby, stillborn Like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me But I swear, I swear by this song I swear by all that I have done wrong I will make it all up to thee
I saw a beggar, he was standing there on his wooden crutch He cries out to me, "Hey, you must learn not to ask for so much." Another pretty woman, waiting there in her darkened door She cries out to me, "Hey, why not ask for just a little bit more?"
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
A E D A
I have tried in my way to be free