Elton John – High Flying Bird (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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 C x2
G C You wore a little cross of gold around your neck, G D I saw it as you flew between my reasons, Am C Like a raven in the night time when you left. G C I wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name, G D You touched it and you wore it, Am C And you kept it in your pillow all the same. G C My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms, Am I thought myself her keeper, D She thought I meant her harm, C/D G She thought I was the archer, C A weather man of words, Fmaj7 C But I could never shoot down, G Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C My high-flying bird. G C The white walls of your dressing room are stained in scarlet red. G D You bled upon the cold stone like a young man, Am C In the foreign field of death. G C Wouldn't it be wonderful is all I heard you say, G D You never closed your eyes at night and learned to love daylight, Am C Instead you moved away. G C My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms, Am I thought myself her keeper, D She thought I meant her harm, C/D G She thought I was the archer, C A weather man of words, Fmaj7 C But I could never shoot down, G C My high-flying bird has flown from out my arms, Am I thought myself her keeper, D She thought I meant her harm, C/D G She thought I was the archer, C A weather man of words, Fmaj7 C But I could never shoot down, G Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C My high-flying bird. G C My high-flying, high-flying bird. G C My high-flying, high-flying bird. G C G My high-flying, high-flying bird.