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Johnny Cash - Bird On A Wire Chords

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Bird On A Wire Chords

(ver. 3)
Johnny Cash
C            G7         C                          F
Like a bird  on a wire  like a drunk in a midnight choir 

       C           G7         C
I have tried in my ways to be free
 
                  G7           C                            F
Like a fish  on a hook  like a knight in some old fashioned book
 
       C            G7          C
I have saved all my ribbons for thee 

  
       F                  C
And if I if I have been unkind
 
       Dm                      G7
I just hope you will let it go by
 
       F                  C
And if I if I have been untrue 

  Dm                            G7
I hope you know it was never to you 

  
       C         G7          C              F
Like a baby stillborn like a beast with his horn 

       C         G7                     C
I have torn everyone who reached out to me 

                    G7          C                    F
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
 
C            G7        C
I'll make it all up to thee 

  
        F                               C
I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch 

          Dm                         G7
He called out to me don't ask for so much
 
      F                                   C
And a young woman leaning in her darkened door
 
          Dm                        G7
She cried out to me why not ask for more 

   
       C         G7          C                   F
Like a bird on a wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
 
       C           G7         F     C
I have tried in my ways to be free            
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