Johnny Cash - Bird On A Wire guitar tab

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