Intro: G# D#m C# G# D#m C# Verse: G# D#m How long before I get in C# before it starts, before I begin G# D#m how long before you decide C# before I know what it feels like G# D#m where to, where do I go C# if you never tried then youʼll never know G# D#m how long do I have to climb C# up on this side of this mountain of mine G# D#m C# G# D#m C# G# D#m look up, I look up at night C# planets are moving at the speed of light G# D#m come up, up in the trees C# every chance that you get is a chance you seize G# D#m how long am I gonna stand C# with my head stuck under the sand G# D#m Iʼll start before I can stop C# or before I see things the right way up Pre-Chorus: F# G# A#m all that noise, all that sound F# G# A#m all those places that i got found Chorus: F# A#m and birds go flying at the speed of sound C# F# to show how it all began F# A#m birds come flying from the underground Fm F# if you could see it then youʼd understand G# D#m C# G# D#m C# Verse: G# D#m ideas that youʼll never find C# all the inventors could never design G# D#m the buildings that you put up C# Japan and China all lit up G# D#m the sign that I couldnʼt read C# all the light that I couldnʼt see G# D#m somethings you have to believe C# but others are puzzles, puzzling me Pre-Chorus: F# G# A#m all that noise, all that sound F# G# A#m all those places that i got found Chorus: F# A#m and birds go flying at the speed of sound C# F# to show how it all began F# A#m birds come flying from the underground Fm F# if you could see it then youʼd understand C# Bridge: F# G# A#m all those signs I knew what they meant C#dim something you canʼt invent F# G# A#m Some get made, and some get sent C#dim ooh Chorus: F# A#m and birds go flying at the speed of sound C# F# to show how it all began F# A#m birds come flying from the underground Fm F# if you could see it then youʼd understand Outro: Fm F# Oh when you see it then youʼll understand