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| 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 |
| A | E | |
| Like a worm on | a | hook |
| A | D | |
| like a k | night from some old fash | ioned book |
| A E A (p/o D) |
| I have saved all my ribbons for thee |
| D | A | |
| and if I | have been unkin | d |
| B | A | |
| I ho | pe you will let i | t slip by |
| D | A | |
| and if | I have been untrue |
| B | E | |
| I hop | e you know it was n | ot to you |
| A | E | |
| like a bab | y still born |
| A | D | |
| like a beas | t with his horn |
| A E A (p/o D) |
| I have turned from all those who turned to me |
| A | E | |
| But I swear | by this song |
| A | D | |
| and by all t | hat I have done wron | g |
| A E A (p/o D) |
| I have saved all these moments for thee |
| D | A | |
| I sa | w a beggar on his bro | ken crutch |
| B | A | |
| he s | aid to me, you shouldn't ask for so | much |
| D | A | |
| I sa | w a pretty lady in her darkened | door |
| B | E | |
| she said | to me, why not ask for more? |
| A | E | |
| Like a bird | on the wire |
| A | D | |
| like a drunk | in a midnight choir |
| A | E | A | |
| I have tried | in my own way t | o be free | . |