E         B7
Like a bird on a wire
       E                   A        A7
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
       E           B7        E       A   E   E7
I have tried in my way to be free

       E         B7
Like a worm on a hook
       E                              A      A7
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
    E            B7           E      A    E    E7
The shape of our love twisted me

A                     E        E7
And if I have been un-kind
A                                   E      E7
I hope that you will just let it go by
A                     E       E7
And if I have been un-true
A                               B7
I hope you know it was never to you

       E              B7
Like a beast with his horn
       E          A     A7
Like a baby still-born
           E          B7                       E
Yeah, I've torn every-one who's reached out to me

      E             B7
But I swear by this song
   E               A      A7
By all I have done wrong
E              B7        E     A   E   E7
I will make it all up to thee

A                                    E        E7
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
A                                        E       E7
She said to me "Hey Josh, why ask for so much?"
A                                  E        E7
Saw my lady leaning on her bedroom door
A                                           B7
She said to me "C’mon babe, why not ask for more?"

       E         B7
Like a bird on a wire
       E                          A       A7
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
       E           B7        A       E
I have tried in my way to be free