SKYLINE PIGEON Year: 1969 Album: EMPTY SKY Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin (E B\D# A\C# B A B E)* E B\D# Turn me loose from your hands A 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 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 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 E Just let me wake up in the morning G#m\D# 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 E\B But most of all please free me B7 E From this aching metal ring A E\B E And open out this cage towards the sun 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 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 C#m E\B A E\B 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.