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[Verse 1]
A D
Estimated time of arrival nine thirty AM
A D
Been up before the sun and now I m tired before I even begin
E F#m Bm7 E
(Now you re flying) I got so much work in front of me
E F#m Bm7 A
(Really flying) It stretches out far as the eye can see
A D
I can see
[Verse 2]
A D
Spent half my life in airports doing crosswords or attempting to sleep
A D
And when the bar is open then you ll often find I m warming a seat
E F#m Bm7 E
(Now you re flying) I never find a place where I can stay
E F#m Bm7 A
(Really flying) I d rather be a thousand miles away
A D
A thousand miles away
[Verse 3]
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#m Bm7 E
(Now you re flying) I m told I m going places who can say
E F#m Bm7 A
(Really flying) I might arrive but I ll be gone the very next day
A D
I must be on my way,
A D
a thousand miles away
[Instrumental]
A C#m F#m D
A C#m F#m D
[Verse 4]
A D
I promise to myself someday I ll take the time and try to make friends
A D
And of all those opportunities I lost I m trying to sit on the fence
E F#m Bm7 E
(Now you re flying) Right now I got no time for yesterday
E F#m Bm7 A
(Really flying) Yesterday s a thousand miles away,
D A
a thousand miles away (a thousand miles away)
D E
a thousand miles away (a thousand miles away)
E F#m Bm7 E
(Now you re flying) Life was sad then you were trying to say
F#m Bm7 A E A D A D
I guess I was a thousand miles away, hey hey hey, hey hey hey, yeah
D A
A thousand miles away
A D A
Sing it again, a thousand miles away
A D A
Sing it again, a thousand miles away
A D A
Sing it again, a thousand miles away
[Instrumental]
A C#m F#m D
A C#m F#m D A
Sing it again . . . . .
