Bird On A Wire Chords by Johnny Cash

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Like a bird _ _ [C] on a wire, _
[Gm] _ _ [F] like a drunk in a midnight _ [Bb] choir, _ _ I [F] have tried _ _ [C] in my way [Gm] to _ [F] be free. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] Like a fish _ _ _ [C] on a hook, _ [Gm] _ _
[F] like a knight in some old [Bb]-fashioned book, _ _ I [F] have saved _ _
[C] all my ribbons [Gm] _
for [F] _ thee. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ And [Bb] if I, _ _ if I have been _ [F] _ unkind, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I just hope you _ will _ _ _ let it [C] go by. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ And [Bb] if I, _ _ if I have been _ [F]
untrue, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
I hope you know it _ _ was never [C]
to you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] Like a baby _ _ _ _ [C] stillborn, _ [Gm] _ _
[F] like a beast _ _ with his [Bb] horn, _ _ I [F] have torn _ _ _ [C] everyone _ [Gm] who reached out [F] to me. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[F] But I swear _ by [C] this song [Gm] _ _
[F] and by all that I have [Bb] done wrong, _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ I'll make [C] it all up [Gm] _ _
[F] to thee. _ _
I _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] saw a young man leaning on _ his wooden [F] _ crutch. _ _
_ _ _ _ He [G] called out to me, _
_ _ _ _ don't ask [C] for so much.
_ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] And a young woman _ _ leaning in her _ [F] darkened door, _ _ _ _ _ _ she cried [G] out to me, _
_ _ _ why not ask [C] for more?
[Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] Like a bird _ _ [C] on a wire, _ [Gm] _ _
[F] like a drunk in a midnight _ [Bb] choir, _ _ [F] I have tried _ in [C] my way [Gm] _
to be [Bb] free. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _