[Intro] D Am Am G D Am Am G 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|------------------------------------------------| D Am7 How long before I get in G Before it starts, before I begin D Am7 How long before you decide G Before I know what it feels like D Am7 Where to? Where do I go? G If you've never tried then you'll never know D Am7 How long do I have to climb G Up on this side of this mountain of mine [A Am Am D] [A Am Am D] D Am7 Look up, I look up at night G Planets are moving at the speed of light D Am7 Climb up, up in the trees, every chance that you get G is a chance you seize D Am7 How long am I gonna stand G With my head stuck under the sand? D Am7 I start before I can stop G Before I see things the right way up C D Em7 All that noise, all that sound C D Em7 All those places that I have found C Em And birds go flying at the speed of sound G C To show you how it all began C Em Birds came flying from the underground Bm C If you could see it then you'd understand [A Am Am D] [A Am Am D] D Am7 Ideas that you'll never find G Or the inventors could never design D Am7 The buildings that you put up G Japan and China... All lit up D Am7 The sign that I couldn't read G Or the light that I couldn't see D Am7 Some things you have to believe G But others are puzzles, puzzling me C D Em7 All that noise, all that sound C D Em7 All those places that I have found C Em And birds go flying at the speed of sound G C To show you how it all began C Em Birds came flying from the underground Bm C If you could see it then you'd understand Bm C Ah, when you see it then you'll understand G C D Em All those signs I knew what they meant A Some things you can't invent C D Em Some get made, and some get sent A Uh Uh C Em And birds go flying at the speed of sound G C To show you how it all began C Em Birds came flying from the underground Bm C If you could see it then you'd understand Bm C G Ah, when you see it then you'll understand