Intro
F# C#m B F# C#m B
[Verse]
F# C#m
how long before I get in
B
before it starts, before I begin
F# C#m
how long before you decide
B
before I know what it feels like
F# C#m
where to, where do I go
B
if you never tried then you'll never know
F# C#m
how long do I have to climb
B
up on this side of this mountain of mine
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F# C#m
look up, I look up at night
B
planets are moving at the speed of light
F# C#m
come up, up in the trees
B
every chance that you get is a chance you seize
F# C#m
how long am I gonna stand
B
with my head stuck under the sand
F# C#m
I'll start before I can stop
B
or before I see things the right way up
[Pre-Chorus]
E F# G#m
all that noise, all that sound
E F# G#m
all those places that i got found
[Chorus]
E G#m
and birds go flying at the speed of sound
B E
to show how it all began
E G#m
birds come flying from the underground
D#m E
if you could see it then you'd understand
[Instrumental]
F# C#m B F# C#m B
[Verse]
F# C#m
ideas that you'll never find
B
all the inventors could never design
F# C#m
the buildings that you put up
B
Japan and China all lit up
F# C#m
the sign that I couldn't read
B
all the light that I couldn't see
F# C#m
somethings you have to believe
B
but others are puzzles, puzzling me
[Pre-Chorus]
E F# G#m
all that noise, all that sound
E F# G#m
all those places that i got found
[Chorus]
E G#m
and birds go flying at the speed of sound
B E
to show how it all began
E G#m
birds come flying from the underground
D#m E B
if you could see it then you'd understand
[Bridge]
E F# G#m
all those signs I knew what they meant
C#
something you can't invent
E F# G#m
Some get made, and some get sent
C#
ooh
[Chorus]
E G#m
and birds go flying at the speed of sound
B E
to show how it all began
E G#m
birds come flying from the underground
D#m E
if you could see it then you'd understand
[Outro]
D#m E
Oh when you see it then you'll understand