[Intro] D# A#m A#m G# D# A#m A#m 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# A#m7 How long before I get in G# Before it starts, before I begin D# A#m7 How long before you decide G# Before I know what it feels like D# A#m7 Where to? Where do I go? G# If you've never tried then you'll never know D# A#m7 How long do I have to climb G# Up on this side of this mountain of mine [A A#m A#m D] [A A#m A#m D] D# A#m7 Look up, I look up at night G# Planets are moving at the speed of light D# A#m7 Climb up, up in the trees, every chance that you get G# is a chance you seize D# A#m7 How long am I gonna stand G# With my head stuck under the sand? D# A#m7 I start before I can stop G# Before I see things the right way up C# D# Fm7 All that noise, all that sound C# D# Fm7 All those places that I have found C# Fm And birds go flying at the speed of sound G# C# To show you how it all began C# Fm Birds came flying from the underground Cm C# If you could see it then you'd understand [A A#m A#m D] [A A#m A#m D] D# A#m7 Ideas that you'll never find G# Or the inventors could never design D# A#m7 The buildings that you put up G# Japan and China... All lit up D# A#m7 The sign that I couldn't read G# Or the light that I couldn't see D# A#m7 Some things you have to believe G# But others are puzzles, puzzling me C# D# Fm7 All that noise, all that sound C# D# Fm7 All those places that I have found C# Fm And birds go flying at the speed of sound G# C# To show you how it all began C# Fm Birds came flying from the underground Cm C# If you could see it then you'd understand Cm C# Ah, when you see it then you'll understand G# C# D# Fm All those signs I knew what they meant A# Some things you can't invent C# D# Fm Some get made, and some get sent A# Uh Uh C# Fm And birds go flying at the speed of sound G# C# To show you how it all began C# Fm Birds came flying from the underground Cm C# If you could see it then you'd understand Cm C# G# Ah, when you see it then you'll understand