[Versetto]
        LA          MI            LA 
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk
                  RE 
 in a midnight choir 
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir 
         LA         MI         
I have tried in my way to be free
 LA   LAsus4  LA 
 
I have tried in my way to be free 
        LA        MI            LA  
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight
                           RE 
 from some old-fashioned book 
Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book 
        LA           MI           LA
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
   LAsus4  LA 
 
I have saved all my ribbons for thee 
RE                        LA 
  If I, if I have been unkind 
SIm                                 
  I hope that you can just let it go
  LA 
 by 
  I hope that you can just let it go by 
RE                         LA 
  If I, if I have been untrue, 
SIm                              
  I hope you know it was never to
  MI  MIsus4  MI 
 you.
  I hope you know it was never to you.
[Versetto]
        LA         MI           LA 
Like a baby stillborn, like a beast
             RE 
 with his horn 
Like a baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn 
         LA       MI                
I have torn everyone who reached out
     LA   LAsus4  LA 
 for me. 
I have torn everyone who reached out for me. 
        LA           MI          LA
But I swear by this song and by all
                      RE 
 that I have done wrong 
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong 
LA              MI         LA  
 I will make it all up to thee.
 LAsus4  LA 
 
 I will make it all up to thee. 
RE                             
  I saw a beggar leaning on his
         LA 
 wooden crutch 
  I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch 
SIm                               
  He said to me, "You must not ask
     LA 
 for so much." 
  He said to me, "You must not ask for so much." 
RE                                 
  And a pretty woman leaning in her
           LA 
 darkened door, 
  And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, 
SIm                                 
  She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask
    MI  MIsus4  MI 
 for more?"
  She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
[Outro]
        LA          MI            LA 
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk
                  RE 
 in a midnight choir 
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir 
         LA         MI      
I have tried in my way to be
   RE LA 
 free
I have tried in my way to be free