reflect the original version. To play this version on an aocustic guitar you
hyst don’t need to play the E/B chords. Hope you enjoy it! Fantastic song by
the way!
SKYLINE PIGEON
Year: 1969
Album: EMPTY SKY
Writers: Elton John Bernie Taupin
(E BD# AC# B A B E)*
E BD#
Turn me loose from your hands
A B E
Let me fly to distant lands
F#A# A
Over green fields, trees and mountains
EB B7 E
Flowers and forest fountains
A EB B7 E
Home along the lanes of the skyway
E BD#
For this dark and lonely room
A EB B7 E
Projects a sha___dow cast in gloom
F#A#
And my eyes are mirrors
A
Of the world outside
EB
Thinking of the way
B7 E
That the wind can turn the tide
A
And these shadows turn
EB B7 E
From purple into grey
A
For just a Skyline Pigeon
EB B7
Dreaming of the open
E
Waiting for the day
A
He can spread his wings
EB B7 E G#7D#
And fly away again
C#m D#7 G#m
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
A
Towards the dreams
EB B7 E G#7D#
You’ve left so very far behind
C#m D#7 G#m
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
A
Towards the dreams
EB B7 E
You’ve left so very far behind
E
Just let me wake up in the morning
G#mD#
To the smell of new mown hay
A D7
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
EB
But most of all please free me
B7 E
From this aching metal ring
A EB E
And open out this cage towards the sun
A
For just a Skyline Pigeon
EB B7
Dreaming of the open
E
Waiting for the day
A
He can spread his wings
EB B7 E G#7D#
And fly away again
C#m D#7 G#m
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
A
Towards the dreams
EB B7 E G#7D#
You’ve left so very far behind
C#m D#7 G#m
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
A
Towards the dreams
EB B7 E B C#m EB A EB B7 E
You’ve left so very, so very far behi_____nd.
*Add harpsichord embellishments here and throughout.
The sheet music provides best depiction of these embellishments.
