Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire

D A F#m G
like a bird on a wire , like a drunk in a midnight choir
D A D
i have tried in my way to be free

D A F#m G
like a fish on a hook , like a knight from some old – fashioned book
D A D
i have saved all my ribbons for thee

G D
if i , if i have been unkind
Em D
i hope that you can just let it go by
G D
if i , if i have been untrue ,
Em A
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?”

D A F#m G
like a bird on the wire , like a drunk in a midnight choir
D A G D
i have tried in my way to be free