G   D   C   G

[Verse 1]
                    D            G                   C 
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
       G           D          G 
I have tried in my ways to be free
                  D            G                            C
Like a fish, on a hook, like a knight in some old fashioned book 
       G            D           G 
I have saved all my ribbons for thee


[Verse 2]
       C                  G 
And if I, if I have been unkind
       Am                       G 
I just hope you, will let it go by
       C                  G 
And if I, if I have been untrue
       Am                             D 
I just hope you know, it was never to you


[Verse 3]
       G          D            G              C 
Like a baby, stillborn, like a beast with his horn
       G         D                      G 
I have torn everyone who reached out to me
                     D            G                    C 
But I swear, by this song, and by all that I have done wrong
G            D         G 
I'll make it all up to thee


[Verse 4]
        C                               G 
I saw a young man, leaning on his wooden crutch
          Am                           G 
He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much"
      C                                    G   
And a young woman, leaning in her darkened door
          Am                               D 
She cried out to me, "Hey, why not ask for more"

 
[Outro]
       G            D            G                   C 
Like a bird, on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
       G           D          C     G 
I have tried in my ways to be free