Key: A
A
D
Estimated time of arrival 9.30 a.m.
A
D
Been up before the sun and now I'm tired before I even begin
E
F#m7
Bm7
E
(Now you're flying) I got so much work in front of me,
F#m7
Bm7
A
(Really flying) it stretches out far as the eye can see
D
I can see
A
D
Spend half my life in airports doing crosswords and attempting to sleep
A
D
And when the bar is open then you'll often find me warming a seat
E
F#m7
Bm7
E
(Now you're flying) I never find a place where I can stay
F#m7
Bm7
A
(Really flying) I'd rather be a thousand miles away
D
Thousand miles away
A
D
Working for yourself sometimes ain't all that it's cracked up to be
A
D
It can be as lonely at the top as at the bottom of that corporate tree
E
F#m7
Bm7
E
(Now you're flying) I'm told I'm going places - who can say?
F#m7
Bm7
A
(Really flying) I might arrive but I'll be gone the very next day
D
I must be on my way
A
A thousand miles away
A
C#m
F#m
D
A
C#m
F#m
D
Promised to myself someday I'd take the time and try to make sense
Out of all those opportunities I've lost from trying to sit on the fence