[A]　[Em]　[D]　[A]　[Em]　[D]

 

how [A]long before I get [Em]in

before it starts before I [D]begin

how [A]long before you

[Em]decide before you/

I know what it feels [D]like

where [A]to where do I [Em]go

[Em]if you never try then

you'll never [D]know

how [A]long do I have to [Em]climb up

on the side of this mountain of [D]mine

[A]　[Em]　[D]　[A]　[Em]　[D]

 

look [A]up I look up at [Em]night

planets are moving at the speed of [D]light

climb [A]up up in the [Em]trees

every chance you get is a chance you [D]seize

how [A]long am I gonna

[Em]stand with my head stuck under the [D]sand

I'll [A]start before I can [Em]stop before

I see things the right way [D]up

[Gadd9]all that [A]noise and all that [Bm7]sound

[Gadd9]all those [A]places I got [Bm7]found

and [G]birds go flying at the [Bm7]speed of sound

to [D6]show you how it all [G]began

birds came flying from the [Bm7]underground

if you could [F#m]see it then you'd [G]understand

[A]　[Em]　[D]　[A]　[Em]　[D]

 

[A]ideas that you'll never [Em]find all the inventors

could never [D]design the [A]buildings

that you put [Em]up japan and [D/E]china all lit [D]up

a [A]sign that I couldn't [Em]read a light that

I couldn't [D]see some [A]things

you have to [E]believe others are puzzles

puzzling [D]me [Gadd9]all that [A]noise and all that [Bm7]sound

[Gadd9]all those [A]places I got [Bm7]found

and [G]birds go flying at the [Bm7]speed of sound

to [D6]show you how it all [G]began

birds came flying from the [Bm7]underground

if you could [F#m]see it then you'd [G]understand

ah when you [F#m]see it then you'll [G]understand

[D]　[Gadd9]

 

all those [A]signs I knew what [Bm7]they meant

some things you [E]cant invent

[Gadd9]some get made [A]and some get sent [Bm7]oh [E]oh

and [G]birds go flying at the [Bm7]speed of sound

to [D6]show you how it all [G]began

birds came flying from the [Bm7]underground

if you could [F#m]see it then you'd [G]understand

ah when you [F#m]see it then you'll [G]understand

[Gmaj9]