{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1027135,"song":"Bird On A Wire","artist":"Jimmy Barnes","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11226622-bird-on-a-wire-chords-by-jimmy-barnes/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1027135?type=chord","rating":4.87744,"votes":49,"content":"Capo 5th Fret\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have tried in my way to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike a fish on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have saved all my ribbons for thee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I, if I have been unkind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hope that you can let it go by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I, if I have been untrue,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hope you know it was never to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have torn everyone who reached out for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will make it all up to thee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe called out to me, \"Don’t ask for so much.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nAnd a young woman leaning in her darkened door,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe cried out to me, \"Why not ask for more?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have tried in my way to be free[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 5th Fret","chords":["G","D","C","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}