Cash Johnny

Cash Johnny - Bird On a Wire guitar chord

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              /              / A       /

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

  / 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            /         /           /             / B     / / /

I / hope you / know / it was / never to / you. / / /

           / E     /             / B      /

Like a / baby / - - still - / born, /

           / E      /            / A      /

Like a / beast / with his / horn, /

          / E    /         / B

I have / torn / every / one,

        / B                   / E    / / /

Who / reached out to / me, / / /

        / E      /                 / B      /

But I / swe - / ar, by this / song, / and

     / E         /                   / A        /

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

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