[Intro] F# C#m C#m B F# C#m C#m B E|------------------------------------------------| B|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5----------| G|---7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------| (2x) D|------7--7--------5--5--------5--5--------4--4--| A|--------0-----------7-----------7-----------5---| E|------------------------------------------------| F# C#m7 How long before I get in B Before it starts, before I begin F# C#m7 How long before you decide B Before I know what it feels like F# C#m7 Where to? Where do I go? B If you've never tried then you'll never know F# C#m7 How long do I have to climb B Up on this side of this mountain of mine [A C#m C#m D] [A C#m C#m D] F# C#m7 Look up, I look up at night B Planets are moving at the speed of light F# C#m7 Climb up, up in the trees, every chance that you get B is a chance you seize F# C#m7 How long am I gonna stand B With my head stuck under the sand? F# C#m7 I start before I can stop B Before I see things the right way up E F# G#m7 All that noise, all that sound E F# G#m7 All those places that I have found E G#m And birds go flying at the speed of sound B E To show you how it all began E G#m Birds came flying from the underground D#m E If you could see it then you'd understand [A C#m C#m D] [A C#m C#m D] F# C#m7 Ideas that you'll never find B Or the inventors could never design F# C#m7 The buildings that you put up B Japan and China... All lit up F# C#m7 The sign that I couldn't read B Or the light that I couldn't see F# C#m7 Some things you have to believe B But others are puzzles, puzzling me E F# G#m7 All that noise, all that sound E F# G#m7 All those places that I have found E G#m And birds go flying at the speed of sound B E To show you how it all began E G#m Birds came flying from the underground D#m E If you could see it then you'd understand D#m E Ah, when you see it then you'll understand B E F# G#m All those signs I knew what they meant C# Some things you can't invent E F# G#m Some get made, and some get sent C# Uh Uh E G#m And birds go flying at the speed of sound B E To show you how it all began E G#m Birds came flying from the underground D#m E If you could see it then you'd understand D#m E B Ah, when you see it then you'll understand