E                      A
Seven years old in my radio flyer
     E                   B            E
Red cape tied around my neck, top of Thompson's hill
       A                     E             B            E
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
           C#m                     B
I'm gonna brush off the ashes and just forget it
        F#m             G#m              A             B                E
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

Chords:
E   =   022100
A   =   x02220
B   =   x24442(bar chord) or xx4442
C#m =   x46654(bar chord) or xx6654
F#m =   244222(bar chord)
G#m =   466444(bar chord)