Skyline Pigeon Chords

SKYLINE PIGEON
 
Year:  1969
Album:  EMPTY SKY
Writers:  Elton John/ Bernie Taupin
 
*August 2019 edit: The original key is Eb, so to match the original
album recording, either (1) tune down 1/2 step and play these chords,
(2) transpose these chords -1 and turn on "use flats" for chord shapes in Eb,
or (3) transpose the chords -4 to play chords shapes in C and capo the 3rd
fret*
 
 
[Intro]
E  B/D#  C#m B  A  Bsus4 B  E
 
[Verse 1]
        E               B/D#
Turn me loose from your hands
       A E/B B            E
Let me fly    to distant lands
     F#/A#                   A
Over green fields, trees and mountains
E/B     B7         E
Flowers and forest fountains
A              E/B   B7     E
Home along the lanes of the skyway
 
         E               B/D#
For this dark and lonely room
             A  E/B  B7      E
Projects a sha___dow cast in gloom
                F#/A#
And my eyes are mirrors
       A
Of the world outside
         E/B
Thinking of the way
B7                E
That the wind can turn the tide
          A
And these shadows turn
     E/B    B7   E
From purple into grey
 
[Pre-Chorus]
           A
For just a skyline pigeon
E/B             B7
Dreaming of the open
E
Waiting for the day
       A
He can spread his wings
    E/B  B7   E   G#7/D#
And fly away again
 
[Chorus]
     C#m  D#7             G#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
            A
Towards the dreams
               E/B  B7    E    G#7/D#
You've left so very far behind
     C#m  D#7             G#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
            A
Towards the dreams
               E/B  B7    E
You've left so very far behind
 
[Verse 2]
            E
Just let me wake up in the morning
       B/D#
To the smell of new mown hay
             A                E/B  B7
To laugh and cry, to live and die
       E
In the brightness of my day
          F#/A#
I want to hear the pealing bells
           A
Of distant churches sing
            E/B
But most of all please free me
B7               E
From this aching metal ring
    A             E/B     B7       E
And open out this cage towards the sun
 
[Pre-Chorus]
           A
For just a skyline pigeon
E/B             B7
Dreaming of the open
E
Waiting for the day
       A
He can spread his wings
    E/B  B7   E   G#7/D#
And fly away again
 
[Chorus]
     C#m  D#7             G#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
            A
Towards the dreams
       E/B          B7    E    G#7/D#
You've left so very far behind
     C#m  D#7             G#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon, fly
            A
Towards the dreams
       E/B                   B7    E  B/D#  C#m  E/B  A  E/B B7 E
You've left so very, so very far behi_______nd
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