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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   Fmaj7   C   Fmaj7   Cx2
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 C/Dthought I was the Garcher,
A weather man of Cwords,
But I could never Fmaj7shoot down,C  
My high-flying Gbird.Fmaj7  C  Fmaj7  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 C/Dthought I was the Garcher,
A weather man of Cwords,
But I could never Fmaj7shoot down,C  
My high-flying Gbird has flown from out my Carms,
I thought myself her Amkeeper,
She thought I meant her Dharm,
She C/Dthought I was the Garcher,
A weather man of Cwords,
But I could never Fmaj7shoot down,C  
My high-flying Gbird.Fmaj7  C  Fmaj7  C  
My Ghigh-flying, high-flying Cbird.
My Ghigh-flying, high-flying Cbird.
My Ghigh-flying, high-flying Cbird.G  

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