Standard (EADGBE)

  Like bird on wire,

 Like drunk in midnight choir,

I have D tried in my A way to be G free,- D

 Like worm on hook,

Like a D knight from an old fashioned G book,

I have D saved all my A ribbons for G thee,- D

And if I, if I've been un A kind,

I hope that you will let it go D by,

And if I, if I've been un G true,

I A hope you know it was never to D you,

 Like baby, still born,

 Like beast with his horn,

I have D torn every A one who reached out to G me,- D

I saw a beggar leaning on his A crutch,

He said to me "Don?t ask for so D much",

And a woman leaning in her dark G door,

She A cried to me " Why not ask for D more",

So I swear by this A song,

I D swear by all I?ve done G wrong,

I will D make it, I will A make it, all up to G you.- D