Willie Nelson – Bird On A Wire (Guitar)

       A           E7
Like a bird on the wire

       A                   D
Like a drunk in a midnight choir

       A           E7        A
I have tried in my way to be free.

       A         E7
Like a worm on a hook

       A                              D
Like a knight from some old fashioned book

       A            E7          A
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    E7
   I hope you know it was never to you.

       A           E7
Like a baby, stillborn

       A              D
Like a beast with his horns

       A         E7                      A
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.

      A             E7
But I swear by this song

       A                    D
And by all that I have done wrong

       A       E7        A
I will make it all up to thee.

D                                       A
   I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch

Bm                                         A
   He said to me, "You must not ask for so much".

D                                             A
   And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door

Bm                                        E       E7
   She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

          A           E7
Oh like a bird on the wire

       A                   D
Like a drunk in a midnight choir

       A           E7        A
I have tried in my way to be free.