INTRO: E  B/D# : C#m  C#m/B : A  E/B B : E

         E                  B/D#
 Turn me loose    from your hands
        A   E/B       B    E
 Let me fly____ to distant lands
      F#                         A
 Over green fields,    trees and mountains
 E/B     B              E
 Flowers    and forest, fountains
 A              E/B  B       E
 Home along the line of the skyway.
   
          E                  B/D#
 For this dark    and lonely room
            A  E/B      B       E
 Projects a shadow_____ castin' gloom
                 F#                A
 And my eyes are mirrors    of the world outside
          E/B           B                 E
 Thinking of the way    that the wind can turn the tide
           A                    E/B    B    E
 And these shadows turn    from purple into grey.

             A
 For just a skyline pigeon
 E/B         B        E
 Dreaming of the open waiting for the day
         A                   B7        E    G#/D#
 He can spread his wings and fly away again___

      C#m      D#7           G#m
 Fly away____ Skyline pigeon fly
             A                     E/B  B     E   G#/D#
 Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind.
      C#m      D#7           G#m
 Fly away____ Skyline pigeon fly
             A                     E/B  B     E
 Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind.

        E
 Let me wake up in the morning__
         B/D#
 to the smell of a new-mown hay
              A                   E/B
 To laugh and cry,    to live and die
 B      E
 In the brightness of my day
           F#
 I want to hear the pealing bells
            A
 Of distant churches sing
             E/B
 But most of all please free me
 B                E
 From this aching metal ring
     A             E/B    B         E
 And open out this cage towards the sun.

             A
 For just a skyline pigeon
 E/B         B        E
 Dreaming of the open waiting for the day
         A                      B7        E   G#/D#
 He can spread his wings    and fly away again___

      C#m      D#7           G#m
 Fly away____ Skyline pigeon fly
             A                     E/B  B     E   G#/D#
 Towards the dreams you've left so very far behind
      C#m      D#7           G#m
 Fly away____ Skyline pigeon fly
             A                     E/B
 Towards the dreams you've left so very...
         B7       E  B/D# : C#m C#m/B : A E/B B : E    :
 So very far... behind
                  OUTRO