Bird On A Wire (live With Orchestra) Chords
by Johnny Cash
Bird On A Wire (live With Orchestra) by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Fsus4 and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: F
F C F Bb
Like a bird, on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir.
F C Fsus4 F
I have tried in my ways to be free.
F C F
Like a fish, on a hook, like a knight in some old fashioned
Bb
book.
F C Fsus4 F
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
Bb F
And if I, if I have been unkind.
Gm F
I just hope you, will let it go by.
Bb F
And if I, if I have been untrue.
Gm C
I just hope you know, it was never to you.
F C F Bb
Like a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn.
F C Fsus4 F
I have torn everyone who reached out to me.
F C F Bb
But I swear,by this song,and by all that I have done wrong.
F C Fsus4 F
I'll make it all up to thee.
Bb F
I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden crutch.
Gm F
He called out to me, don't ask for so much.
Bb F
And a young woman, leaning in her darkened door.
Gm C
She cried out to me, hey why not ask for more.
F C F Bb
Like a bird, on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir.
F C Bb F
I have tried in my ways to be free.