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 . 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. 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, 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, 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, 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. This is probably my favorite song on the "Don't Shoot Me" album. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Tabbed by He-Man Dan, the proud founder of the Anti-Cat Society and He-Man's Cat Exterminators.