written by Leonard Cohen
Tuning: D G C F A D (standard, full step down)
Intro: A
("Comme l'oiseau sur la branche
Comme l'ivrogne dans le coeur de la nuit
J'ai cherche ma liberte")
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A.. ...|E.. ...|A.. Asus4..|A.. ...|
A E
Like a bird on the wire
A D
Like a drunk in some midnight choir
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I have tried in my way to be free
Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight bent down in some old fashioned book
It was the shape, the shape of our love twisted me
D A
If I, if I have been unkind
Bm A
I hope you can, I hope you can just let it all go by, go by
D A
And if I, if I have been untrue
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It's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too
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, he was leaning on his wooden crutch He says to me, "Come on now, you must not ask for so much." And another pretty woman, she was leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, "Come on now, why don't you ask, Why don't you ask for just a little more? Just a little more?"
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
A E D A
I have tried in my way to be free
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