BIRD ON A WIRE (Live Version) with orchestra
Correction: C is C7
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.
F = xx3211
C = x32010
Bb = xx3331
Fsus4 = xx3213
Gm = 355333
The C should be a C7: x32010
You could Capo Fret 1 Playing in E
F = E 022100
C7 = B7 221200
Bb = A x02220
Fsus4 = Esus4 022200
Gm = F#m 244222 (barre chord)
Or On Fret 3 Playing in D
F = D xx0232
C7 = A7 x02020 or x02223
Bb = G 320033 or 355433 (barre chord)
Fsus4 = Dsus4 xx0233
Gm = Em 022000
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