Bird On A Wire by Leonard Cohen #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From uunet!stanford.edu!Csli!bjorn Tue Aug 18 15:32:33 PDT 1992 Article: 1652 of alt.guitar.tab Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!Csli!bjorn From: bjorn@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Bjorn Strand) Subject: Re: REQUEST: Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen?) Message-ID: Organization: Stanford University CSLI References: Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 09:26:42 GMT Lines: 41 >Would someone please post the words and chords to "Bird on a Wire"? I believe >it is by Leonard Cohen. Thanks in advance. > >Terry Bruns terry_bruns@stortek.com Bird on the Wire by Leonard Cohen (from the CD Songs from a Room) A E A D Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir A E Asus4 A I have tried in my way to be free A E A D Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book A E Asus4 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 I hope you know it was never to you. 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. 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?" A E A D Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir A E D A I have tried in my way to be free www.TAB6.com