Cyndi Lauper – Sallys Pigeons (Guitar)

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*Cyndi sings the 1st verse a cappella in the original song. [Verse 1]
G
  When I was eight I had a friend

Em
  With a pirate smile

G
  Make believe and play pretend

        Am            D
  We were innocent and wild

Em                   G
  Hopped a fence and slammed the gate

Em                G
  Running down my alleyway

    C              Am              F
  In time to watch Sally's pigeons fly
[Verse 2]
G
  We loved to watch them dive and soar

Em
  Circle in the sky

G
  Free as a bird from three to four

     Am             D
  And never knowing why

Em                       G
  Neighbors pulled their wash back in

Em            G
  Put away my Barbie and Ken

  C                       Am              F
  Look out overhead While Sally's pigeons fly
[Bridge]
Em               C
  I had a fool's confidence

          G                   Em
  That the world had no boundaries

     Em             C
  But instincts and common sense

      G                  D
  They come in different quantities
[Verse 3]
G
  My heart began to skip to the beat

Em
  Of the boy next door

G
  She had her eye across the street

    Am               D
  On someone shy and tall

    Em                    G
  We lived our dreams and challenged fate

Em                      G
  In tears, she told me she was late

      C             Am             F
  And Sally let his pigeons out to fly
Em C G Em Em C G D [Verse 4]
G
  On the dresser sits a frame

Em
  With a photograph

G
  Two little girls in ponytails

      Am                D
  Some twenty-one years back

     Em                    G
  She  left one night with just a nod

Em                        G
  Was lost from some back alley job

    C                 Am              F
  I close my eyes and Sally's pigeons fly

Em                    G
  She never saw those birds again

Em                   G
  And me, I can't remember when

    C            Am             F
  A pirate smile hasn't made me cry

    C                 Am              Fm
  I close my eyes and Sally's pigeons fly
[Outro]
G Em G Em
(Soft hum to fade)