Bird On a Wire

INTRO: F

       F          C            F                   Bb
Like a bird, on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir.
       F           C          Fsus4  F
I have tried in my ways to be free.
       F          C            F
Like a fish, on a hook, like a knight in some old fashioned
Bb
book.
       F            C           Fsus4  F
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.


       Bb                  F
And if I, if I have been unkind.
       Gm                       F
I just hope you, will let it go by.
       Bb                  F
And if I, if I have been untrue.
       Gm                             C
I just hope you know, it was never to you.


       F          C            F              Bb
Like a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn.
       F         C                      Fsus4  F
I have torn everyone who reached out to me.
      F             C           F                    Bb
But I swear,by this song,and by all that I have done wrong.
F            C         Fsus4  F
I'll make it all up to thee.


        Bb                               F
I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden crutch.
          Gm                          F
He called out to me, don't ask for so much.
      Bb                                   F
And a young woman, leaning in her darkened door.
          Gm                             C
She cried out to me, hey why not ask for more.


       F          C            F                   Bb
Like a bird, on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir.
       F           C          Bb    F
I have tried in my ways to be free.