(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman [Dm] - The Kinks Strum - 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & -> D - D U X U D U (Palm-muted verse, stabs on line-ends & chorus) [Intro] [Dm] [Dm] [C](let ring) [G] [G] [Dm](let ring) [Dm] [Dm] [C](let ring) [G] [G] [Dm](let ring) [Verse 1] [Dm]Woke up this morning, started to sneeze, had a cigarette and a cup of [Bb]tea [C] [Dm]I looked in the mirror, what did I see? A nine-stone weakling with knobbly [Bb]knees [C] [Dm]I did my knee-bends, press-ups, touch my toes, had another sneeze and I blew my [Bb]nose [C] [Dm]I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest, I had to put on my clothes 'cause it made me depressed [Bb] [C] [Pre-Chorus 1] [F]Surely there must be a [C]way for me, [G]to change the shape I'm [Am]in [F]Dissatisfied is [C]what I am, [G]I want to be a better [Am]man [Chorus 1] [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]wish I could fly like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]I want to be like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb] [C] [Bb] [C] [F]I want to be like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]wish I could fly like [C]super[Dm]man [Instrumental - Bass riff] [Dm] [Dm] [C], [G] [G] [Dm] [Verse 2] [Dm]Woke up this morning, what did I see? A big black cloud hanging over [Bb]me [C] [Dm]I switched on the radio and nearly dropped dead, the news was so bad that I fell out of [Bb]bed [C] [Dm]There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike, got to be a superman to survive [Bb] [C] [Dm]Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone bills, I'm such a wreck but I'm staying alive [Bb] [C] [Dm]Hey girl, we've got to get out of this place, there's got to be something better than [Bb]this [C] [Dm]I need you, but I hate to see you this way, if I were superman then we'd fly away [Bb] [C] [Pre-Chorus 2] [F]I'd really like to [C]change the world, [G]save it from the mess it's [Am]in [F]I'm too weak, [C]I'm so thin, [G]I'd like to fly but I can't even [Am]swim [Chorus 2] [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]wish I could fly like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]I want to be like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb] [C] [Bb] [C] [F]I want to be like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]wish I could fly like [C]super[Dm]man [Outro] [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]wish I could fly like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]I want to be like [C]super[Dm]man [Bb]Super-[C]man, [Bb] [C] [F]wish I could fly like [C]super[Dm]man ...fade out...