D               A
Turn me loose from your hands
        G  A           D
Let me fly to distant lands
      E                       G
Over green fields trees and mountains
D         A             D
Flowers and forest fountains
G               A            D
Home along the lanes of the skyway
                          A
For this dark and lonely room
            G    A           D
Projects a shadow castin in gloom
               E
And my eyes are mirrors
             G
Of the world outside
         D      A
Thinking of the way
                  D
That the wind can turn the tide
     G
And these shadows turn
      A             D
From purple into grey
             G
For just a skyline pigeon
A
Dreaming of the open
  D
Waiting for the day
        G
He can spread his wings
   A          D
And fly away again
F#7   Bm   C#7           F#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
            G                       A         D
Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind
            D
Let me wake up in the morning
       A
To the smell of new mown hay
              G              A
To laugh and cry to live and die
        D
In the brightness of my day
          E
I want to hear the peeling bells
           G
Of distant churches sing
            D
But most of all please free
   A                 D
Me from this aching metal ring
    G             A                D
And open out this cage towards the sun
           G
For just a skyline pigeon
A
Dreaming of the open
 D
Waiting for the day
        G
He can spread his wings
   A           D
And fly away again
F#7   Bm  C#7             F#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
            G                       A         D
Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind
F#7   Bm  C#7             F#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly
            G                     D    A      D
Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind

[Final] D  Bm  A
        G  A  D