Bird on the Wire Original Written and Performed by Leonard Cohen This Version Jimmy Barnes and Troy Cassar Daley From the Jimmy Barnes album: Double Happiness Tabbed by magga1976 Capo 5th Fret G D G C Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir G D G I have tried in my way to be free G D G C Like a fish on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book G D G I have saved all my ribbons for thee C G If I, if I have been unkind Am D I hope that you can let it go by C G If I, if I have been untrue, Am D I hope you know it was never to you. G D G C Like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn G D G I have torn everyone who reached out for me. G D G C But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong G D G I will make it all up to thee. C G I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch Am D 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, "Why not ask for more?" G D G C Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir G D C G I have tried in my way to be free