Bird On A Wire

Soul Asylum

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 AEAD
  Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir  
A E A (p/o D)
I have tried in my own way to be free
 AE
  Like a worm on a hook
 AD
like a knight from some old fashioned book
A E A (p/o D)
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
 DA
  and if I have been unkind
 BA
I hope you will let it slip by
 DA
and if I have been untrue 
 BE
I hope you know it was not to you
 AE
  like a baby still born  
 AD
like a beast with his horn 
A E A (p/o D)
I have turned from all those who turned to me
 AE
  But I swear by this song  
 AD
and by all that I have done wrong
A E A (p/o D)
I have saved all these moments for thee
 DA
  I saw a beggar on his broken crutch
 BA
he said to me, you shouldn't ask for so much
 DA
I saw a pretty lady in her darkened door
 BE
she said to me, why not ask for more? 
 AE
  Like a bird on the wire  
 AD
like a drunk in a midnight choir   
 AEA
I have tried in my own way to be free.


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