Chorus: Ab
And all he could think of
F
made no change.
Eb
He just didn't want to
F
open it now.
Ab Bb Ab
He was sent on a / nice / fine
Bb
holiday.
Ab Bb
The kind of / action
Ab Bb
sportlife / action
Ab F
you surely would / like.
Bb Ab F
So he was /falling / down
Bb Ab F
out of that / stupid / plane.
F Eb
It was a present of his / mother
Eb F
for his / master degree
Eb F
that stupid / master degree.
Ab Bb Ab Bb
It was a / nice / fine / holiday.
Ab F
And he should be / pulling the cord,
Eb F
before he / touched the ground.
Eb F
He knew it so / well.
chorus
Ab Bb
He saw the world / far below
Ab F
the highway as defiding / lines.
Eb F
The future as a villa at the / waterfront
F Gmin Ab
and a / yacht close / by.
Ab F
He only needed to / pull
F
the cord
Eb F
and it all would ap / pear
F Gm
as a slow / fantasy.
Ab Bb
full of boredom and con / suming him,
Ab F
leaving nothing for his / life,
F Eb F
that would make / any sense at / all.
Eb F
It would all unfold as a / brilliant
F
carreer,
Gm Ab Bb
Reaching out for the next unfor/filling / stage.
chorus
Ab Bm
He would be able to be / proud.
Ab Bm
He could cater a / dinner for them
Ab F
and show it slightly / off.
Eb F
How he would have had suc/ceeded
F
in this life.
Ab Bb
To tell them he was / happy
Bb Ab Bb
had a / family and much / more.
chorus
Ab Bb
To pull that / cord
Bb Ab F
to let un/fold his / life.
Eb F Eb F
He just didn't / want to / open it / now
Eb F Eb F
He just didn't / want to / open it / now
Eb F Eb F
He just didn't / want to / open it / now
F F F
Now,/ now, / now.
Ab Ab Ab Bb
Never,/ never, / a / gain.
Ab Bb
He would like to stay / in the air.
Ab Bb
He would like to fly so / far away
C# Eb
to another world / just today.
chorus
Ab Bb
He wouldn't like to set a / foot
Bb
on this earth.
C#
He wouldn't like to get
Eb Ab9 Eb
started / a/gain.
Eb F1 Eb F
He just didn't /want to / open it / now.
Eb F Eb F
He just didn't / want to / open it / now
Eb F Eb F
He just didn't / want to / open it / now
F F F
Now,/ now, / now.
Ab Ab Ab Bb
Never,/ never, / a / gain.
Ab Bb
He wanted to fly so / far away.
Ab Bb
He wanted to fly as / far as he could,
C# Eb
to another life all / over again.
F#9 C#
He would open up another / parachute,
B G#
that would unfold as an/other life,
F#9 C#
that would open up for some / passionate sights,
F#9 C#
that would give birth to a / private life.
interim B A G#
B G#
He would bomb his / house into flames.
B G#
He would shell his / yacht under the sea.
F# G#
He would blow up his / car in the air.
B G#
He would go go go so / far away
F# G#
to another world / just today.