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