Speed Of Sound - Coldplay

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Verse

             
How long befor

     
e I get in?

             
Before it star

              
ts, before I b

   
egin?

             
How long befor

        
e you decide?

             
Before I know 

              
what it feels 

   
like?

             
Where to, wher

       
e do I go?

              
If you never t

              
ry, you'll nev

    
er know,

             
How long do I 

          
have to climb?

             
Up on the side

              
 of this mount

        
ain of mine?

Instrumental

Verse

             
Look up, I loo

        
k up at night

             
Planets are mo

              
ving at the sp

         
eed of light

             
Climb up, up i

      
n the trees

             
Every chance t

              
hat you get is

              
 a chance you 

  
seize

             
How long am I 

       
gonna stand

             
With my head s

              
tuck under the

   
 sand

             
I'll start bef

                             
ore I can stop

             
Before I see t

              
hings the righ

       
t way up



Pre Chorus

          
  All that noi

se

              
  And all that

  
 sound 

            
  All those pl

           
aces I got fou

nd

Chorus

             
And birds go f

             
lying at the s

 
peed of sound

             
To show you ho

            
w it all began

              
Birds came fly

             
ing from the g


round

             
If you could s

#            
ee it then you

             
'd understand

Instrumental

Verse

             
Ideas that you

            
'll never find

             
All the invent

              
ors could neve

        
r design

             
The buildings 

             
that you put u


p

             
Japan and Chin

           
a all lit up

             
A sign that I 

          
couldn't read

             
Or a light tha

              
t I couldn't s


ee

             
Some things yo

             
u have to beli


eve

             
Others are puz

              
zles, puzzling

  
 me

Pre Chorus

          
  All that noi

se

              
  And all that

 
 sound

            
  All those pl

            
aces I got fou

 
nd

Chorus

             
And birds go f

             
lying at the s


peed of sound


             
To show you ho

           
w it all began

              
Birds came fly

              
ing from the u

 
nderground

            
If you could s

             
ee it then you

         
'd understand

            
Ah, when you s

             
ee it then you

        
'd understand

Instrumental

D all along

Pre Chorus

            
  All those si

              
gns, I knew wh

        
at they meant

              
  Some things 

    
you can't inve

nt

            
  Some get mad

              
e and some get

        
 sent, ooh

Chorus

             
And birds go f

             
lying at the s


peed of sound

             
To show you ho

        
w it all began

              
Birds came fly

             
ing from the u


nderground

             
If you could s

#            
ee it then you

        
'd understand

             
Ah, when you s

#            
ee it then you

                          
'll understand

Ending

G all along

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