----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------ This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcription by: ? LEARNING TO FLY Pink Floyd (Gilmour, Moore, Ezrin, Carin) G A/G G Gmaj7 Em7 D G A/G G Gmaj7 Into the distance, a ribbon of black Em7 D Stretched to the point of no turning back G A/G G Gmaj7 A flight of fancy on a windswept field Em7 D Standing alone my senses reeled G A/G G Gmaj7 A fatal attraction is holding me fast, how Em7 D Can I escape this irresistible grasp? C Em/B Am G Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky F C D Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I G A/G G Gmaj7 G A/G G Gmaj7 Ice is forming on the tips of my wings Em7 D Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything G A/G G Gmaj7 No navigator to guide my way home Em7 D Unladened, empty and turned to stone C Em/B Am G A soul in tension that's learning to fly F C Condition grounded but determined to try Em/B Am G Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies F C D Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I F Am7 D9 D G Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, Em7 My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air, G Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Em7 Out of the corner of my watering eye G A dream unthreatened by the morning light Em7 Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night C Em/B Am G There's no sensation to compare with this F C Suspended animation, a state of bliss Em/B Am G Can't keep my mind from the circling skies F C D Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I G A/G G Gmaj7 Em7 D -- Updated: April 10/98