Bird on a Wire Jimmy Barnes
Bird on the Wire
Original Written and Performed by Leonard Cohen
This Version
Jimmy Barnes and Troy Cassar Daley
From the Jimmy Barnes album: Double Happiness
Tabbed by magga1976
Capo 5th Fret
Like a [G]bird on a wi[D]re, like a dru[G]nk in a midnight cho[C]ir
I have t[G]ried in my [D]way to be free[G]
Like a [G]fish on a [D]hook, like a k[G]night from some old-fashioned [C]book
I have [G]saved all my [D]ribbons for t[G]hee
[C]If I, if I have been unkin[G]d
[Am]I hope that you can let it go by[D]
[C]If I, if I have been untrue[G],
[Am]I hope you know it was never to you[D].
[G]Like a baby stillbo[D]rn, like a b[G]east with his [C]horn
I have t[G]orn everyon[D]e who reached out for m[G]e.
[G]But I swear by this s[D]ong and by [G]all that I have done w[C]rong
[G]I will make it all u[D]p to the[G]e.
[C]I saw a young man leaning on his wooden cr[G]utch
[Am]He called out to me, "Don?t ask for so m[D]uch."
[C]And a young woman leaning in her darkened d[G]oor,
[Am]She cried out to me, "Why not ask for mo[D]re?"
Like a b[G]ird on a wir[D]e, like a drun[G]k in a midnight choi[C]r
I have tr[G]ied in my w[D]ay to be f[C]re[G]e
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