[Intro] C Gm Gm F C Gm Gm F 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|------------------------------------------------| C Gm7 How long before I get in F Before it starts, before I begin C Gm7 How long before you decide F Before I know what it feels like C Gm7 Where to? Where do I go? F If you've never tried then you'll never know C Gm7 How long do I have to climb F Up on this side of this mountain of mine [A Gm Gm D] [A Gm Gm D] C Gm7 Look up, I look up at night F Planets are moving at the speed of light C Gm7 Climb up, up in the trees, every chance that you get F is a chance you seize C Gm7 How long am I gonna stand F With my head stuck under the sand? C Gm7 I start before I can stop F Before I see things the right way up A# C Dm7 All that noise, all that sound A# C Dm7 All those places that I have found A# Dm And birds go flying at the speed of sound F A# To show you how it all began A# Dm Birds came flying from the underground Am A# If you could see it then you'd understand [A Gm Gm D] [A Gm Gm D] C Gm7 Ideas that you'll never find F Or the inventors could never design C Gm7 The buildings that you put up F Japan and China... All lit up C Gm7 The sign that I couldn't read F Or the light that I couldn't see C Gm7 Some things you have to believe F But others are puzzles, puzzling me A# C Dm7 All that noise, all that sound A# C Dm7 All those places that I have found A# Dm And birds go flying at the speed of sound F A# To show you how it all began A# Dm Birds came flying from the underground Am A# If you could see it then you'd understand Am A# Ah, when you see it then you'll understand F A# C Dm All those signs I knew what they meant G Some things you can't invent A# C Dm Some get made, and some get sent G Uh Uh A# Dm And birds go flying at the speed of sound F A# To show you how it all began A# Dm Birds came flying from the underground Am A# If you could see it then you'd understand Am A# F Ah, when you see it then you'll understand