Sally’s pigeons    (intro)

    (1st verse sung a capella)

   G                                                    - Em                          G

1.    When I was eight I had a friend          with a pirate smile,

G                                                                    - Am                         D

    make believe and play pretend, we were           innocent and wild.

Em                                   G            

    Hopped a fence and slammed the gate,

Em                             G             

    running down my alleyway,

         C                   Am                   F      - G

    in time to watch Sally's pigeons fly.

   G                                                                - Em                       G

2.    We loved to watch them dive and soar,           circle in the sky,

G                                                            - Am                           D

    free as a bird from three to four, and          never knowing why.

Em                                     G            

    Neighbors pulled their wash back in,

Em                             G

    and put away my Barbie and Ken,

      C                                   Am                   F

    look out overhead while Sally's pigeons fly.

Em                      C                          - G                       Em

    I had a fool's confidence that the      world had no boundaries, but

Em                     C                            - G                                D

    instincts and common sense that       come in different quantities.

   G                                                         - Em                             G

3.    My heart began to skip to the beat           of the boy next door,

G                                                             - Am                                D

     she had her eye across the street 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

   G                                              - Em                        G

3.    On the dresser sits a frame           with a photograph

G                                                   - Am                               D

    two little girls in ponytails 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                   F     

    I close my eyes and Sally's pigeons fly.

+ G - Em - G - Em

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Cyndi Lauper)