Bird On The Wire (Bird On A Wire)
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- Full sheet, both hands
- Right hand melody sheet
- Leadsheet
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- MIDI file
- Lyrics and chords
Lyrics
Like a (D)bird on a (A)wire,
like a (D)drunk in a old 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)drunk in a old midnight (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 for (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 (A7)way to be (G)free.
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. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.
- Level
- 4 of 5
- Key
- D
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Artist
- Leonard Cohen
- Genre
- Folk