SKYLINE PIGEON Year: 1969 Album: EMPTY SKY Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin (Intro) (Eb Bb/D Cm Eb/Bb Ab Eb/Bb Bb Eb)* Eb Bb/D Turn me loose from your hands Ab Bb Eb Let me fly to distant lands F/A Ab Over green fields, trees and mountains Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb Flowers and forest fountains Ab Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb Home along the lanes of the skyway Eb Bb/D For this dark and lonely room Ab Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb Projects a sha___dow cast in gloom F/A And my eyes are mirrors Ab Of the world outside Eb/Bb Thinking of the way Bb7 Eb That the wind can turn the tide Ab And these shadows turn Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb From purple into grey Ab For just a Skyline Pigeon Eb/Bb Bb7 Dreaming of the open Eb Waiting for the day Ab He can spread his wings Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb G7/D And fly away again Cm D7 Gm Fly away skyline pigeon fly Ab Towards the dreams Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb G7/D You've left so very far behind Cm D7 Gm Fly away skyline pigeon fly Ab Towards the dreams Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb You've left so very far behind (repeat intro) Eb Just let me wake up in the morning Bb/D To the smell of new mown hay Ab D7 To laugh and cry, to live and die Eb In the brightness of my day F/A I want to hear the pealing bells Ab Of distant churches sing Eb/Bb But most of all please free me Bb7 Eb From this aching metal ring Ab Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb And open out this cage towards the sun Ab For just a Skyline Pigeon Eb/Bb Bb7 Dreaming of the open Eb Waiting for the day Ab He can spread his wings Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb G7/D And fly away again Cm D7 Gm Fly away skyline pigeon fly Ab Towards the dreams Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb G7/D You've left so very far behind Cm D7 Gm Fly away skyline pigeon fly Ab Towards the dreams Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb Bb/D Cm Eb/Bb Ab Eb/Bb Bb7 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.