CAPO: 4th Fret INTRO: C G C F Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir C G C 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 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 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 C That I will make it, make it all up to thee INSTRUMENTAL: 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 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 FC That I will make it, make it all up to thee