From uunet!stanford.edu!Csli!bjorn Tue Aug 18 15:32:33 PDT 1992 Article: 1652 of alt.guitar.tab Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!Csli!bjorn From: bjorn@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Bjorn Strand) Subject: Re: REQUEST: Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen') Message-ID: <1992Aug18.092642.11198@Csli.Stanford.EDU> Organization: Stanford University CSLI References: <16846BD12.BRUNS@LSTC2VM.stortek.com> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 09:26:42 GMT Lines: 41 >Would someone please post the words and chords to "Bird on a Wire"' I believe >it is by Leonard Cohen. Thanks in advance. > >Terry Bruns terry_bruns@stortek.com Bird on the Wire by Leonard Cohen (from the CD Songs from a Room)

Like a b^Aird on the w^Eire, like a dr^Aunk in a midnight ch^Doir I have tr^Aied in my w^Eay to be free ^Asus4 ^A Like a w^Aorm on a h^Eook, like a kn^Aight from some old-fashioned b^Dook I have s^Aaved all my r^Eibbons for thee ^Asus4 ^A ^D If I, if I have been unk^Aind ^Bm I hope that you can just let it go b^Ay ^D If I, if I have been untr^Aue, ^Bm I hope you know it was never to y^Eou.

Like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me. But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong I will make it all up to thee. I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch He said to me, "You must not ask for so much." And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more'"

Like a b^Aird on the w^Eire, like a dr^Aunk in a midnight ch^Doir I have tr^Aied in my w^Eay to be free ^D ^A

Leonard Cohen - Bird on the wire