Bird On The Wire (Bird On A Wire) piano leadsheet with chords

Level 4D120 BPMLeonard Cohen
Getting the sheet readyPip is finding the first note.

Like a bird on a wire,

like a drunk in a old midnight choir,

I have tried in my way to be free.

Like a worm on a hook,

like a drunk in a old midnight book,

I have saved all my ribbons for thee.

Like a

If I, if I have been unkind,

I hope that you can just let it go by.

If I, if I have been untrue,

I hope you know it was never for you.

More like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn,

I have torn ev'ryone 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?"

More 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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The Song Kit has everything for practicing away from here:

  • Full sheet, both hands
  • Right hand melody sheet
  • Leadsheet
  • Practice Pack
  • MP3, and MP3 with click
  • MIDI file
  • Lyrics and chords
Tip: get the words and the tune together first, then add the chords with your left hand.

Song info

Bird On The Wire (Bird On A Wire) by Leonard Cohen is a level 4 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of D at 120 BPM. A leadsheet puts the words, the melody and the chord names together, so you can play the tune with your right hand and the chords with your left.

Level
4 of 5
Key
D
Tempo
120 BPM
Artist
Leonard Cohen
Genre
Folk

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