{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":112606,"song":"High Flying Bird","artist":"Elton John","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/112606-high-flying-bird-chords-by-elton-john/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/112606?type=chord","rating":4.9568,"votes":67,"content":"High Flying Bird\r\nby Elton John & Bernie Taupin\r\nTaken from \"Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player\"\r\n\r\nNote: This song was originally played in Ab. I have shifted it down one key to make it\r\neasier to play and sing. If you want it back in its original key, you can always use a\r\ncapo or transpose back up.\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou wore a little cross of gold around your neck,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI saw it as you flew between my reasons,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike a raven in the night time when you left.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou touched it and you wore it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you kept it in your pillow all the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying bird has flown from out my arms,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI thought myself her keeper,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe thought I meant her harm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe thought I was the archer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA weather man of words,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I could never shoot down,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying bird.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe white walls of your dressing room are stained in scarlet red.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou bled upon the cold stone like a young man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the foreign field of death.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWouldn't it be wonderful is all I heard you say,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInstead you moved away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying bird has flown from out my arms,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI thought myself her keeper,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe thought I meant her harm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe thought I was the archer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA weather man of words,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I could never shoot down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying bird has flown from out my arms,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI thought myself her keeper,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe thought I meant her harm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe thought I was the archer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA weather man of words,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I could never shoot down,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying bird.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying, high-flying bird.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying, high-flying bird.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy high-flying, high-flying bird.[/tab]","plain_text":"High Flying Bird\nby Elton John & Bernie Taupin\nTaken from \"Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player\"\n\nNote: This song was originally played in Ab. I have shifted it down one key to make it\neasier to play and sing. If you want it back in its original key, you can always use a\ncapo or transpose back up.\n\n\nG   Fmaj7 C  Fmaj7 C x2","chords":["Ab","G","Fmaj7","C","D","Am","C/D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}