Hi. Elton sings this song in the key of E, so I'm posting it in this key to
reflect the original version. To play this version on an aocustic guitar you
hyst don't need to play the chords. Hope you enjoy it! Fantastic song by
the way!
SKYLINE PIGEON
Year: 1969
Album: EMPTY SKY
Writers: Elton John Bernie Taupin
( BD# AC# )*
BD#
Turn me loose from your hands
Let me fly to distant lands
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Over green fields, trees and mountains
EB
Flowers and forest fountains
EB
Home along the lanes of the skyway
BD#
For this dark and lonely room
EB
Projects a sha___dow cast in gloom
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And my eyes are mirrors
Of the world outside
Thinking of the way
That the wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn
EB
From purple into grey
For just a Skyline Pigeon
EB
Dreaming of the open
Waiting for the day
He can spread his wings
EB #7D#
And fly away again
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams
EB #7D#
You've left so very far behind
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams
EB
You've left so very far behind
Just let me wake up in the morning
#mD#
To the smell of new mown hay
To laugh and cry, to live and die
In the brightness of my day
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I want to hear the pealing bells
Of distant churches sing
But most of all please free me
From this aching metal ring
EB
And open out this cage towards the sun
For just a Skyline Pigeon
EB
Dreaming of the open
Waiting for the day
He can spread his wings
EB #7D#
And fly away again
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams
EB #7D#
You've left so very far behind
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams
EB EB EB
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.