Tom: D  
 
         D                A
Turn me loose  from your hands 
        G  A7       D
Let me fly....to distant lands 
      E7                       G
Over green fields trees and  mountains 
 D      A7                D
Flowers....and forest, fontains 
  G               A7           D
 Home  along the line of the skyway 
 
          D                A
For this dark  and lonely room 
             G   A7          D
projects a sha..dow castin' gloom 
                 E7              G
And my eyes are mirrors of the world  outside 
         D
Thinking of the way 
 A7                 D
that the wind can turn the side 
 
REFRAIN:
             G               A7           D
And these shadows turn from purple into grey 
             G              A7
For just a skyline pigeon  dreaming 
                D
of the open, wainting for the day 
         G                   A7         D
He can spread his wings  and fly away again 
 
CHORUS: 
 F#7  Bm     C#7           F#m
Fly away, skyline pigeon fly 
               G
towards the dreams you've left so 
 D    A7   D
very far behind 
 
VERSE:
             D
Just let me wake up in the morning / 
        A
To the smell of new-mown hay 
              G              A7            D
to laugh and cry to live and die In the brightness of my day 
           D7
I want to hear the peeling bells of distant 
 G                                D
churches  sing / But most of all please 
          A7                D
free  me from this aching metal ring / 
     G             A7               D
And open out this cage towards the sun . 
 
Repeat refrain 
Repeat chorus 2x  

 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)