Judy Collins – Bird On The Wire (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

[Intro] G D C G [Verse 1]
                    D            G                   C 
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir

       G           D          G 
I have tried in my ways to be free

                  D            G                            C
Like a fish, on a hook, like a knight in some old fashioned book 

       G            D           G 
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
[Verse 2]
       C                  G 
And if I, if I have been unkind

       Am                       G 
I just hope you, will let it go by

       C                  G 
And if I, if I have been untrue

       Am                             D 
I just hope you know, it was never to you
[Verse 3]
       G          D            G              C 
Like a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn

       G         D                      G 
I have torn everyone who reached out to me

                     D            G                    C 
But I swear, by this song, and by all that I have done wrong

G            D         G 
I'll make it all up to thee
[Verse 4]
        C                               G 
I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden crutch

          Am                           G 
He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much"

      C                                    G   
And a young woman, leaning in her darkened door

          Am                               D 
She cried out to me, "Hey, why not ask for more"
[Outro]
       G            D            G                   C 
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir

       G           D          C     G 
I have tried in my ways to be free