Bird on a wire

by Johnny Cash · posted by Noel_Harmonica

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

A sincere song at a waltz beat

  3  3  4   5  4 -4
Like a bird on a wire
 -4 -4   5    5 5 -5   6     -5
Like a drunk in a mid-night choir
5 -4     5   -4 4  -4  4  -3  4
I have tried in my way to be free
 3   3  4   5  4 -4
Like a fish on a hook
-4  -4   5     5 5 -5  6  -5
Like a Knight in a sto-ry-book
5  -4    5   -4  4  -4  4   -3   4
I have saved all my rib-bons for thee
 7   7 7   7  -8    7  -8  8 
And if I, if I've been un-kind
 7   -7  -6  -6  -6   7  -7  -6 6
Then you know it was nev-er to you
 7 7  7 -8    7  -8  8
If I if Ive been un-true 
 6   -6   -5  -5 -5   6  -6  -5  5
Then you know it was nev-er to you
 5 -4   4   5    4  -4
And I swear by this song
 -4 -5  5   5   -5   6    -5
And by all that Ive done wrong
 6    -5   5   -4  4  -4  4  4 
Then I'll make it all up to thee
 6   -5    5   -4  4  -4  4  4 
Then I'll make it all up to thee.

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