Bird on a Wire 3/4 Johnny Cash Standard Tuning No Capo Transcribed by Ken Lee Intro:6 Bars comments or corrections to kandvlee@shaw.ca / E / / B / Like a / Bird, / on a / Wire, / / / E / / Like a / drunk, in a / Midnight / Choir. / / E / / B / / E / I have / trie-, / ed - in my / way, / - to be / free, / / / / E / / B / Like a / fi - / sh on a / hook, / / A / / Like a / knight in some / old fashioned / book, / / E / / B / I have / saved / - all my / ribbons, / / E / / / For / Thee, / / / and ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_cash/bird_on_a_wire_crd.html ) / A / / / / E / If / I, / - -if / I have / been un - / kind, / / / / A / / B / // I just / hope you will / let it go / by, / / / and / A / / / / E / If / I, / - - if / I have / been un - / true, / / / / A / / / / I / hope you / know / it was / never to / you. / / / / E / / B / Like a / baby / - - still - / born, / / E / / / Like a / beast / with his / horn, / / E / /B I have / torn / every / one, / B / / Who / reached out to / me, / / / / E / / B / But I / swe - / ar, by this / song, / and / E / / / By / all, that / I have done / wrong, / E / / / /B / / E // I'll / ma - / ake / it / all up / - - to / thee. / / / / A / I saw a / young man, / leaning, A / / E / On his / wooden / crutch, / / / A / / He called / out to me, / / / / A / B / "Don't / ask for so / much.", / / / and / A / / A / young / woman / leaning, A / E / / In / her / darkened / door, / / / / A / She cried / out to me, / / / / A / B / "Why / not ask for / more?" / / / Repeat the first verse