High-Flying Bird by Elton John & Bernie Taupin Taken from "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: This song was originally played in Ab. I have shifted it down one key to make it easier to play and sing. If you want it back in its original key, you can always use a capo or transpose back up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [G Fma7 C Fma7 C] x 2

You wore a ^Glittle cross of gold around your ^Cneck, I ^Gsaw it as you flew between my ^Dreasons,

Like a ^Amraven in the night time when you ^Cleft. I wear a ^Gchain upon my wrist that bears no ^Cname,

^GYou touched it and you ^Dwore it, And you ^Amkept it in your pillow all the ^Csame.

My high-flying ^Gbird has flown from out my ^Carms, I thought myself her ^Amkeeper,

She thought I meant her ^Dharm, She thought I was the ^Garcher,

A weather man of ^Cwords, But I could never ^Fma7shoot down, ^C

My high-flying ^Gbird. ^Fma7 ^C ^Fma7 ^C The ^Gwhite walls of your dressing room are ^Cstained in scarlet red.

You ^Gbled upon the cold stone like a ^Dyoung man, ^AmIn the foreign field of ^Cdeath.

^GWouldn't it be wonderful is ^Call I heard you say, You never ^Gclosed your eyes at night and learned to love ^Ddaylight,

^AmInstead you moved ^Caway. My high-flying ^Gbird has flown from out my ^Carms,

I thought myself her ^Amkeeper, She thought I meant her ^Dharm,

She thought I was the ^Garcher, A weather man of ^Cwords,

But I could never ^Fma7shoot down,^C My high-flying ^Gbird has flown from out my ^Carms,

I thought myself her ^Amkeeper, She thought I meant her ^Dharm,

She thought I was the ^Garcher, A weather man of ^Cwords,

But I could never ^Fma7shoot down,^C My high-flying ^Gbird. ^Fma7 ^C ^Fma7 ^C

My ^Ghigh-flying, high-flying ^Cbird. My ^Ghigh-flying, high-flying ^Cbird.

My ^Ghigh-flying, high-flying ^Cbird. ^G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is probably my favorite song on the "Don't Shoot Me" album. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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