Bird On A Wire Chords
Bird On A Wire by Leonard Cohen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, A7, D, E7, Bm and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Like a bird on the wire,
A E
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
A A7 D
I have tried in my way to be free.
A E7 A
Like a worm on a hook,
A E
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
A A7 D
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
A E7 A A7
If I, if I have been unkind,
D A
I hope that you can just let it go by.
Bm Bm7 A A7
If I, if I have been untrue
D A
I hope you know it was never to you.
Bm Bm7 E
Oh Like a baby, stillborn,
A E
Like a beast with his horn
A A7 D
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
A E7 A
But I swear by this song
A E
And by all that I have done wrong
A A7 D
I will make it all up to thee.
A E7 A A7
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
D A
He said to me, you must not ask for so much.
Bm Bm7 A A7
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
D A
She cried to me, hey, why not ask for more?
Bm Bm7 E
Oh like a bird on the wire,
A E
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
A A7 D
I have tried in my way to be free.
A E D A