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