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