written by Leonard Cohen
E B
Like a bird on the wire
E A
Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
E B E B
I have tried in my way to be free
E B
Like a worm on a hook
E A
Like a knight bent down in some old fashioned book
E B E E7
It was the shape of our love that twisted me
A E
If I have been unkind, if I have been unkind
F#m E
Oh I hope you can find a way to let it all go right on by
A E
If I have been un, if I have been untrue, if I have been untrue
F#m B Bsus4 B
It's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too
Like a little baby, stillborn Like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me But I swear by this song By all that I have done wrong I will make it all up to thee
Ah don't cry, don't, don't cry, don't cry no more It's over now, it's over, babe, don't cry no more I say don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry anymore It's over, it's finished, it's completed and has, it has been paid for
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
E B A E
I have tried in my way to be free