Skyline Pigeon

verse 1 
 
D A/C# 
Turn the loose from your hands 
G A A7 D 
Let me fly to distant lands 
E/G# G 
Over green fields, trees and mountains 
D/A A A7 D 
Flowers and forest fountains 
G D/A A7 D 
Home along the lanes of the skyway 
 
verse 2 
D A/C# 
For this dark and lonely room 
G A A7 D 
Projects a shadow cast in gloom 
E/G# 
And my eyes are mirrors 
G 
Of the world outside 
D/A 
Thinking of the way 
A A7 D 
That the wind can turn he tide 
G 
And these shadows turn 
D/A A7 D 
From purple into grey 
 
Chorus 
G 
For just this Skyline Pigeon 
D/A A7 
Dreaming of the open 
D 
Waiting for the day 
G 
He can spread his wings 
D/A A7 D F#7/C# 
And fly away again 
Bm C#7 F#m 
Fly away Skyline pigeon fly 
G D/A A7 D 
Towards the dreams you left so very far behind 
(repeat from fly away) 
 
 
Verse 3 
 
(Same chords as verses 1 & 2) 
 
Just let me wake up in the morning 
 
to the smell of new mown hay 
 
to laugh and cry, to live and die 
 
I the brightness of my day 
 
 
I want to hear the pealing bells 
 
Of distant churches sing 
 
But most of all please free me 
 
from this aching metal ring 
 
and open out this cage towards the sun 
 
(Repeat chorus)