{"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":398210,"song":"Bird On A Wire","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11558126-bird-on-a-wire-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/398210?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":144,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nLike a bird, on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI have tried in my ways to be free. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           \r\nLike a fish, on a hook, like a knight in some old fashioned  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nbook. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI have saved all my ribbons for thee. [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] \r\nAnd if I, if I have been unkind. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI just hope you, will let it go by. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] \r\nAnd if I, if I have been untrue. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI just hope you know, it was never to you. [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nLike a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI have torn everyone who reached out to me. [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nBut I swear,by this song,and by all that I have done wrong. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI'll make it all up to thee. [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI saw a young man, leaning on his wooden crutch. [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch] \r\nHe called out to me, don't ask for so much. [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]   \r\nAnd a young woman, leaning in her darkened door. [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nShe cried out to me, hey why not ask for more. [/tab]\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nLike a bird, on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI have tried in my ways to be free.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n[Outro]","chords":["F","C","Bb","Fsus4","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}