Chords for Jennifer Warnes - Bird on a Wire (Cohen)

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ Like a bird _ on [E] a wire _ [A] Like a drum _ [D] in a midnight choir _ _
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_ _ _ Like _ _ a fish on a [E] hook Like [A] a night from an old [D] fashioned book
I [A] have saved all [E] my revenge [A] for thee
_ _ _ [D] Goodbye, _ _ _ _ _ _ have a good [A] night
I _ _ [B] hope [Bm] that you [D] will just let it [A] go by
_ Let it all go [D] by
_ _ Goodbye, _ _ have [A] been untrue I _ _ _ [D] _
[Bm] hope you know _ [D] it was never [E] you
_ _ _ _ Like [A]
a baby, like a baby _ [E] stillborn _ [A] Like a beast with [D] his horn
I [A] have known _ [E] everyone _ reached out [A] for me
[B] [Am] But _ [D] _ [A]
I swear by [E] this song, [Bm] _
[A] by all I have [D] done wrong _ _
[A] _ _ I'll [E] make it all up [A] to you
_ _ _ I _
[D] saw a beggar leaning on his wooden [A] crutch
_ _ _ _ He [Bm] called out to me, [D] _ don't ask for [A] so _ much
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And a young man leaning on his [A] darkened door
Oh, _ he _
[Bm] cried out in his [D] grave, why not [E] ask for more _ _ _ _
[A] Like a bird _ [Ab] on a wire _ [G] Like a drum in a [D] midnight choir
I [A] have tried in my [E] way [Bm] to [A] be free _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] I have _ _
[A] _ _ tried in my way [D] _ _ to [A] be free
I _ have tried in [E] my way _ _ _
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[A] _ to _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
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[A] be _ [D] free _ _ _
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