High-Flying Bird

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.    Fma7   Fma7 x 2 You wore a little cross of gold around your neck I saw it as you flew between my reasons Like a raven in the night time when you left. I wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name You touched it and you wore it And you kept it in your pillow all the same. My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms I thought myself her keeper She thought I meant her harm She thought I was the archer A weather man of words                   Fma7        C But I could never shoot down My high-flying bird.               The white walls of your dressing room are stained in scarlet red. You bled upon the cold stone like a young man In the foreign field of death. Wouldn’t it be wonderful is all I heard you say You never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight Instead you moved away. My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms I thought myself her keeper She thought I meant her harm She thought I was the archer A weather man of words                   Fma7       C But I could never shoot down My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms I thought myself her keeper She thought I meant her harm She thought I was the archer A weather man of words                   Fma7       C But I could never shoot down My high-flying bird.               My high-flying high-flying bird. My high-flying high-flying bird. My high-flying high-flying bird.