Leonard Cohen – Bird On The Wire (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Bird On The Wire
Artist: Leonard Cohen
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: 3/4 time, q=110
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb. Eights are marked '+'. Emphasize the melody notes.
The chord names above indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting, where appropriate.
Note that chords are used in different shape; "!" marks bar shape chords.
D-long means x00235 with bar over strings 1-3.
G* means G major in the form 7x0787; this is the D-shape chord moved up to 7th fret, with thumb-fretting.
[Upbeat] A + + E|---------2------p0----| B|----------------------| G|-----2-------2--------| D|---------2-------2----| A|-0--------------------| E|----------------------| Like a [Verse] (2x) D + + + + + + A + + + + + + E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0---0-------------------|-----------------0-------| B|-3-----------------------|---------3-------3-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2---------------| G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---| D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------| A|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------| bird on the wire, Like a worm on a hook, Like a D + + + + + + G + + + + + + E|-2-------2---2-----------|---------3-------5-------|-5--\3-------------------|-----------------3-------| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|-----2---------------2---|-----2-------0-------0---|-------------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---| D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------| A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-5--\3-------------------|-------------------------| drunk in a midnight choir I've knight from some old fashioned book I've D + + + + + + A + + + + + + E|-2-----------------------|---------3------p2-------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------| B|---------3-------3-------|-------------------------|---------2-------2-------|---------0-------2-------| G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---| D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------| A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------| tried in my way to be saved all my ribbons for /---1st pass-----\ /---2nd pass---\ D + + + Dsus4 + + + D + + + + + + E|---------------2-----|-3-------------3-----|-2-------------0-----|-2------2----p0---|-2---5------5---| B|-3-------------------|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|------------------|----------------| G|----2------2------2--|----2-------------2--|----2-------------2--|----2------2------|--------0-------| D|--------0------0-----|--------0------0-----|--------0------0-----|--------0-----0---|-----0------0---| A|-0-------------------|-0-------------------|-0-------------------|-0----------------|-0--------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|----------------| free. If I thee. [Chorus] (2x) G* + + + + + + + + + + + + E|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7---------------7-----\-| B|---------8-------8-------|---------8-------8-------|---------8-------8-------|---------8---------------| G|-----7-------7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7---| D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------| If I, if I have been un- If I, if I have been un- D-long + + + + + + + + + + + + E|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|-5------p2-------5-------| B|---------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------|-------------------------| G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---| D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------| A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| kind, I true, I Em + + + + + + + + + + + + E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3------p0-------3-------| B|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|-------------------------| G|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---| D|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------| A|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------| E|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------| hope that you can just let it go hope you know, it was never to /------------------------------------1st pass---------------------------------------------------------\ D-long + + + + + + + + + + + + E|-5-----------------------|-5------p2-----------0---|-------------------------|-5------p2-------5-------| B|---------3-------3-------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------| G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---| D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------| A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| by. /-----------------------------------2nd pass----------------------------\ A! + Asus4! A! + E|-5-----------------|----------------|------5---------|-5-----------------| B|-------------------|------5---------|----------------|------7------p5----| G|-----6--------6----|-7---------7----|-6---------6----|----------6--------| D|---------7----7----|------7----7----|------7----7----|------7-------7----| A|-------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------| E|-5-----------------|-5--------------|-5--------------|-5-----------------| you.
[Verse]
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.
[Chorus]
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?"
[Verse]
Oh, like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
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