Intro
 
G C 2x 
 
Verse 1
 
Velcro: 
G                                    C 
Just imagine pouring your cornflakes, looking up and someone's there. 
G                                          C 
Someone you have just spent the night with, someone's life you're proud to share. 
Am             G 
Haven't put my face on, 
C 
Haven't done my hair, 
A                  G          D#           D 
Haven't had to worry, as it's him standing there. 
 
Robbie: 
G                                  C 
Just imagine out on the dancefloor turning round, and there he is. 
G                                         C                      Em 
It's your man, the one you came in with, 3 years on your hand in his. 
Am7         G 
Living in a semi, 
C            D 
Maybe have a cat, 
Am                 G              D#                D 
Nothing that's too fancy, tell me what's wrong with that? 
 
Chorus
Both: 
G                              C 
Wishing for the normal kind of dream, 
D                        G 
Nothing too excessive or extreme, 
Em             Bm 
Hoping for the hum-drum, 
C              G 
Is that aiming high, 
A7                              D 
Others seem to find it, tell me why on earth can't I? 
G                                     C 
Wishing for the normal kind of dream, 
D                                   Am 
Trouble is they're harder than they seem, 
Cm 
Am I too ambitious? 
G 
Am I out of touch? 
D#           D       G       C 
Am I wishing for too much? 
 
Intro
G C 
 
Verse 2
 
Robbie: 
G                                 C 
Just imagine cooking lasagne,like those adverts on TV, 
 
Velcro: 
G                               C 
Sitting on a fake leather sofa, babies bouncing on my knee, 
 
Robbie: 
Am            G 
Living within reason, 
C             D 
Loving when I can, 
Am7            G 
Feeling like a someone, 
        D#      Dsus4   D 
Not so sad, also rad. 
 
Chorus
Both: 
G                              C 
Wishing for the normal kind of dream, 
D                                   Em 
Trouble is they're harder than they seem, 
Cm 
Am I too ambitious? 
G 
Am I out of touch? 
D#           D7 
Am I wishing for too 
        C 
Robbie: much? 
Velcro: Just imagine mowing the lawn, 
 
Bridge
 
Robbie: 
Bm7 
Just imagine popping some corn, 
 
Velcro: 
C 
Just imagine breakfast in bed, 
 
Robbie: 
Bm7 
Just imagine owning a shed, 
 
Velcro: 
Am7 
Just imagine doing the school-run, 
 
Robbie: 
Am7 
Going for picnics, 
 
Velcro: 
Am7 
Keeping a goldfish 
 
Both: 
G#   C# 
Wishing, 
D#    G# 
wishing, 
 
Chorus
Fm             Cm 
Hoping for the hum-drum, 
C#             G# 
Is that aiming high, 
Fm7            A#7           D# 
Others seem to find, tell me why-oh-why-oh-why can't I? 
G#                             C# 
Wishing for the normal kind of dream, 
D#      G#        D#                Fm 
Trouble is they're harder than they seem, 
 
Velcro: 
E 
Going to a nightclub, 
G# 
Cinemas and such, 
 
Robbie: 
E 
Eating in a restaurant, 
G# 
Happy to go Dutch, 
 
Both: 
 
C#m 
Am I too ambitious? 
G#          A# 
Am I out of touch? 
E           D#       G#    C#     G#     C#     G# 
Am I wishing for too much? 
 
Outro
 
Robbie: 
G#                              C# 
Just imagine cleaning the Volvo, 
 
Velcro: 
G#                          C# 
Just imagine planting a rosebush, 
 
Robbie: 
G#                        C# 
Just imagine having a mortgage, 
 
Velcro: 
G#                         C# 
Just imagine keeping a goldfish. 
D# 
Robbie: 
 
A goldfish? You saddo... 
G#