[Intro]
A Em Em D
A Em Em D

[Verse 1]
    A                 Em
How long before I get in,
          Em                 D
before it starts, before I begin?
    A                 Em
How long before you decide,
         Em                  D
before I know what it feels like?
      A               Em
Where to, where do I go?
             Em                      D
If you never try then you'll never know
    A                   Em
How long do I have to climb
          Em                        D
up on the side of this mountain of mine?

[Interlude]
A Em Em D
A Em Em D

[Verse 2]
     A                 Em
Look up, I look up at night
            Em                       D
Planets are moving at the speed of light 
      A               Em
Climb up, up in the trees 
                      Em                   D
Every chance that you get is a chance you seize
    A                Em
How long am I gonna stand
        Em                   D
with my head stuck under the sand?
     A                    Em
I'll start before I can stop
            Em                        D
or before I see things the right way up

[Pre-Chorus]
G            A                   Bm
   All that noise, and all that sound
G              A           Bm
   All those places I got found

[Chorus]
    G                      Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
   D                     G
to show you how it all began
G                          Bm
Birds came flying from the underground
             F#m                      G
If you could see it then you'd understand

[Interlude]
A Em Em D
A Em Em D

[Verse 3]
 A                       Em
Ideas that you'll never find
          Em                     D
All the inventors could never design
     A                      Em
The buildings that you put up
          Em             D
Japan and China all lit up
  A                     Em
A sign that I couldn't read
     Em                     D
Or a light that I couldn't see
     A                     Em
Some things you have to believe
               Em                 D
but others are puzzles, puzzling me

[Pre-Chorus]
G            A                   Bm
   All that noise, and all that sound
G              A           Bm
   All those places I got found

[Chorus]
    G                      Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
   D                     G
to show you how it all began
G                          Bm
Birds came flying from the underground
             F#m                      G
If you could see it then you'd understand
             F#m                       G
Oh, when you see it then you'll understand

[Post-Chorus]
D

[Bridge]
G            A                      Bm
  All those signs, I knew what they meant
                E
Some things you can invent
G           A                  Bm
  Some get made, and some get sent
    E
Ooh-ooh

[Chorus]
    G                      Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
   D                     G
to show you how it all began
G                          Bm
Birds came flying from the underground
             F#m                      G
If you could see it then you'd understand
             F#m                      G Gadd#11 G G6 Gmaj7
Oh, when you see it then you'll understand ascending melody of B C# D E F# is played