Key: G
Introduction:
G Bm C D
VERSE
G Bm
In his imagination
C D
Heâ??s flying high
G Bm
His thoughts are wings
C D
Taking him up into the sky
BRIDGE
G Bm
In his imagination
C D
Heâ??s anywhere
G Bm C
When he floats back down to earth
D
He doesn't want to live there
INTERLUDE
G Bm C D
VERSE
G Bm C
Tonight he's working the midnight shift
D
Arriving at ten
G Bm C
Learning how slowly 12 can turn
D
Into 7 am
BRIDGE
G Bm
He's up to his eyes
C
In stuff he'll despise
D
The same as every weekday
G Bm
But inside his head
C
Heâ??s easily led
D
And in his imagination
Chorus
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
MIDDLE 8
Bm C
He tells me his mother says
Bm C
He should be glad to be employed
Bm Em A
Unlike so many young folk today
D G
But he's not exactly overjoyed
INTERLUDE
G Bm C D
BRIDGE
G Bm
He's up to his eyes
C
In stuff he'll despise
D
The same as every weekday
G Bm
But inside his head
C
Heâ??s easily led
D
And in his imagination
Chorus
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
VERSE
G Bm
Monday evening
C D
I see he's back with a smile on his face
G Bm
Says he's had a call from London
C D
And been offered a place
BRIDGE
G Bm
He's leaving next week
C
The future's not bleak
D
Heâ??s going to be an artist
G Bm
He's got an idea
C
Could be a career
D
He knows he's one of the smartest
Chorus
G Bm
Flying away
C D
Through his imagination
G Bm
Flying away
C D
In his imagination
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
OUTRO
G
CODA (no chords just vocals and harmonies)
G Bm
Flying away
C D
Through his imagination
G Bm
Flying away
C D
In his imagination
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
G Bm
Heâ??s flying away
C D
In his imagination
(repeat and fade)