Bird on the Wire

Like a (D)bird on a (A)wire,

like a (D)drunk in from some midnight (G)choir,

I have (D)tried in my (A)way to be (D)free.

Like a worm on a (A)hook,

like a (D)knight in from some old ioned (G)book,

I have (D)saved all my (A)ribbons for (D)thee.

Like a (G)If I, if I have been (D)unkind,

(Em)I hope that you can just let it go (D)by.

(G)If I, if I have been (D)untrue,

(Em)I hope you know it was never to (A)you.

More like a (D)baby (A)stillborn, like a (D)beast with his (G)horn,

I have (D)torn (A)ev'ryone who reached out for (D)me.

But I swear by this (A)song,

and by (D)all that I have done (G)wrong,

(D)I will make it (A)all up to (D)thee.

(G)I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden (D)crutch.

(Em)He said to me, "You must not ask for (D)so much."

(G)And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened (D)door,

(Em)she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for (A)more?"

More like a (D)bird on the (A)wire,

like a (D)drunk in a midnight (G)choir,

I have (D)tried in my (A)way to be (G)free.