Leonard Cohen - Bird on the wire
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: Bird On The Wire
Artist: Leonard Cohen
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: 3/4 time, q=110
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb. Eights are marked '+'. Emphasize the melody notes.
The chord names above indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting, where appropriate.
Note that chords are used in different shape; "!" marks bar shape chords.
D-long means x00235 with bar over strings 1-3.
G* means G major in the form 7x0787; this is the D-shape chord moved up to 7th fret, with thumb-fretting.
[Upbeat]
A + +
E|---------2------p0----|
B|----------------------|
G|-----2-------2--------|
D|---------2-------2----|
A|-0--------------------|
E|----------------------|
Like a
[Verse] (2x)
D + + + + + + A + + + + + +
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0---0-------------------|-----------------0-------|
B|-3-----------------------|---------3-------3-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2---------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
A|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
bird on the wire, Like a
worm on a hook, Like a
D + + + + + + G + + + + + +
E|-2-------2---2-----------|---------3-------5-------|-5--\3-------------------|-----------------3-------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----2---------------2---|-----2-------0-------0---|-------------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-5--\3-------------------|-------------------------|
drunk in a midnight choir I've
knight from some old fashioned book I've
D + + + + + + A + + + + + +
E|-2-----------------------|---------3------p2-------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------3-------3-------|-------------------------|---------2-------2-------|---------0-------2-------|
G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
tried in my way to be
saved all my ribbons for
/---1st pass-----\ /---2nd pass---\
D + + + Dsus4 + + + D + + + + + +
E|---------------2-----|-3-------------3-----|-2-------------0-----|-2------2----p0---|-2---5------5---|
B|-3-------------------|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|------------------|----------------|
G|----2------2------2--|----2-------------2--|----2-------------2--|----2------2------|--------0-------|
D|--------0------0-----|--------0------0-----|--------0------0-----|--------0-----0---|-----0------0---|
A|-0-------------------|-0-------------------|-0-------------------|-0----------------|-0--------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
free. If I
thee.
[Chorus] (2x)
G* + + + + + + + + + + + +
E|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7---------------7-----\-|
B|---------8-------8-------|---------8-------8-------|---------8-------8-------|---------8---------------|
G|-----7-------7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7---|-----7-------7-------7---|
D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
If I, if I have been un-
If I, if I have been un-
D-long + + + + + + + + + + + +
E|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|-5------p2-------5-------|
B|---------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------|-------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
kind, I
true, I
Em + + + + + + + + + + + +
E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3------p0-------3-------|
B|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|-------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|---------2-------2-------|
A|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
hope that you can just let it go
hope you know, it was never to
/------------------------------------1st pass---------------------------------------------------------\
D-long + + + + + + + + + + + +
E|-5-----------------------|-5------p2-----------0---|-------------------------|-5------p2-------5-------|
B|---------3-------3-------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------2---|
D|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
by.
/-----------------------------------2nd pass----------------------------\
A! + Asus4! A! +
E|-5-----------------|----------------|------5---------|-5-----------------|
B|-------------------|------5---------|----------------|------7------p5----|
G|-----6--------6----|-7---------7----|-6---------6----|----------6--------|
D|---------7----7----|------7----7----|------7----7----|------7-------7----|
A|-------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
E|-5-----------------|-5--------------|-5--------------|-5-----------------|
you.
[Verse]
Like a baby, stillborn, Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone, who reached out for me
But I swear by this song And by all, that I have done wrong,
I will make it all up to thee.
[Chorus]
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much".
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
[Verse]
Oh, like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
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