[Intro] A# Fm Fm D# A# Fm Fm D# 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|------------------------------------------------| A# Fm7 How long before I get in D# Before it starts, before I begin A# Fm7 How long before you decide D# Before I know what it feels like A# Fm7 Where to? Where do I go? D# If you've never tried then you'll never know A# Fm7 How long do I have to climb D# Up on this side of this mountain of mine [A Fm Fm D] [A Fm Fm D] A# Fm7 Look up, I look up at night D# Planets are moving at the speed of light A# Fm7 Climb up, up in the trees, every chance that you get D# is a chance you seize A# Fm7 How long am I gonna stand D# With my head stuck under the sand? A# Fm7 I start before I can stop D# Before I see things the right way up G# A# Cm7 All that noise, all that sound G# A# Cm7 All those places that I have found G# Cm And birds go flying at the speed of sound D# G# To show you how it all began G# Cm Birds came flying from the underground Gm G# If you could see it then you'd understand [A Fm Fm D] [A Fm Fm D] A# Fm7 Ideas that you'll never find D# Or the inventors could never design A# Fm7 The buildings that you put up D# Japan and China... All lit up A# Fm7 The sign that I couldn't read D# Or the light that I couldn't see A# Fm7 Some things you have to believe D# But others are puzzles, puzzling me G# A# Cm7 All that noise, all that sound G# A# Cm7 All those places that I have found G# Cm And birds go flying at the speed of sound D# G# To show you how it all began G# Cm Birds came flying from the underground Gm G# If you could see it then you'd understand Gm G# Ah, when you see it then you'll understand D# G# A# Cm All those signs I knew what they meant F Some things you can't invent G# A# Cm Some get made, and some get sent F Uh Uh G# Cm And birds go flying at the speed of sound D# G# To show you how it all began G# Cm Birds came flying from the underground Gm G# If you could see it then you'd understand Gm G# D# Ah, when you see it then you'll understand