{"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":64967,"song":"Bird On The Wire","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64967-bird-on-the-wire-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64967?type=chord","rating":4.98692,"votes":1397,"content":"Bird on the Wire by Leonard Cohen\r\n(from the CD Songs from a Room)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have tried in my way to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have saved all my ribbons for thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n         If I, if I have been unkind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n         I hope that you can just let it go by[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n         If I, if I have been untrue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\n         I hope you know it was never to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have torn everyone who reached out for me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n I will make it all up to thee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n         I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n         He said to me, \"You must not ask for so much.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n         And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n         She cried to me, \"Hey, why not ask for more?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have tried in my way to be free[/tab]","plain_text":"Bird on the Wire by Leonard Cohen\n(from the CD Songs from a Room)\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","E","D","Asus4","Bm","Esus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}