Intro: E  A  E  B 
(since the CD fades in this is what I play for the intro) 
 

E                       A         
Seven years old in my radio flyer 
     E                   B            E 
Red cape tied around my neck, top of Thompson's hill 
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Billy said I was a liar and now I'm scared half to death 
 E                    A 
Becky said Billy was dumb I shouldn't listen to him 
E                       B 
But I had something to prove 
E                   A 
Ain't nobody gonna call me a chicken  
      E            B      E 
Gotta do what you gotta do 
 
 
          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
  A             B     E 
Defy space and gravity 
          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
 A          B            E  
Billy just you wait and see 
 
 
E                       A 
I was just a kid barely 18 years 
       E                    B     E 
And I couldn't wait to graduate, confident and cocky 
     A                           E        B       E 
And man it really got me when I heard my daddy say 
E                                    A 
You oughtta get some knowledge, you gotta go to college 
       E                      B 
Gotta make something of your life 
       E                        A 
But I had to do it my way so I headed for the highway 
       E             B             E 
And I followed those little white lines 
 
 
          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
  A             B     E 
Defy space and gravity 
          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
 A         B         E  
Making my own destiny 
 
 
        B                          A 
Well I crashed and I burned but I don't regret it 
     E                      B 
You only fail if you don't try 
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I'm gonna brush off the ashes and just forget it 
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I ain't perfect yet but you can bet someday I'm gonna get my wings and fly 
 
Interlude: 
E  A  E  B (hey hey) 

           E  A  E  B  E 
 
          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
  A             B     E 
Defy space and gravity 
          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
 A          B            E  
Hey you just go to believe 
 

          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
 A         B         E  
Making my own destiny 
          C#m  A  B  E 
I'm gonna fly - - - -  
 A          B            E  
Yeah you just got to believe 
 
Outro: 
C#m  A  B  E 

       A  B  E