Bird On A Wire - Ukulele Chords - Leonard Cohen

Time for something that deserves to be strummed (or picked) slowly and minimally. A glorious tune by a glorious songwriter.  Bird On A Wire for ukulele, by Leonard Cohen.

Some odd looking chords in here, but worry not, they are not too complicated. The ASus4 is just played 2200  (second fret on G and C strings, the other two open). The E7+5 is easy too. Just play the normal E7 elsewhere in the song (1202) but move your pinky on the A string up one fret to the third so its 1203. A good trick here to make it sound better is to Hammer On from the 2nd fret on the A string to the 3rd. To do this, play the E7 using your ring finger on the 2nd fret and when you need to change to the E7+5, leave that finger in place and add the third fret with your pinky. You can find that doing this you can hammer the pinky finger on and off and switch between E7 and E7+5 quickly.




Enjoy

Verse 

Like a [A]bird on a [E7]wire, like a [A]drunk in a midnight [D]choir
I have [A]tried in my [E7]way to be [A]free [Asus4] [A]
Like a [A]worm on a [E7]hook, like a [A]knight from some old fashioned [D]book
I have [A]saved all my [E7]ribbons for [A]thee. [Asus4] [A]

Chorus a)

If [D]I, if I have been un[A]kind
I [B7]hope that you can just let it go [E7]by
If [D]I, if I have been un[A]true, 

I [B7]hope you know it was never to [E7]you [E7+5]

Verse

Like a [A]baby still[E7]born, like a [A]beast with his [D]horn
I have [A]torn every[E7]one who reached out for [A]me.
But I [A]swear by this [E7]song and by [A]all that I have done [D]wrong
I will [A]make it [E7]all up to [A]thee. [Asus4] [A]

Chorus b)

I [D]saw a beggar leaning on his wooden [A]crutch
He [B7]said to me, You must not ask for so [E7]much.
And [D]a pretty woman leaning in her darkened [A]door,
She [B7]cried to me, Hey, why not ask for [E7]more? [E7+5]

End

Like a [A]bird on a [E7]wire, like a [A]drunk in a midnight [D]choir
I have [A]tried in my [E7]way to be [D]free [A]