Key: C
Introduction: C
G C F
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
C G C F C
I have tried in my way to be free
G C C7 F
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight in an old fashioned book
C G C F C
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
And if I___ have been unkind
F G
I hope you will let it go by
C
And if I___, I have been untrue
F G
Well, I hope you know, it was not to you
C G C F
Like a babe stillborn, like a beast with his horn
C G C F C
I have torn everyone who reached out to me
G C F
But I swear, by this song and by all that I have done wrong
C G C F C
That I will make it, make it all up to thee
C G C F C G C F C
I saw a man leaning on his crutch
F G
And he said to me, "Why do you ask for so much?"
C
But I saw a woman, she was leaning in a door
F G G7 G
And she cried out to me, "Why not ask for more"
C G C F
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
C G C F C
I have tried in my way to be free
G C F
But I swear, by this song and by all that I have done wrong
C G C F C
That I will make it, make it all up to thee