Begin the strumming pattern with a pickup phrase, basically play beats 3 & 4 above,
then continue with whole pattern.

[Intro]
     

[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

              
ried then you'

           
ll never know 
             
how long do I 

           
have to climb 
              
up on this sid

              
e of this moun

           
tain of mine 

     

             
look up, I loo

           
k up at night 
              
planets are mo

              
ving at the sp

          
eed of light 
             
come up, up in

        
 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

 
              
or before I se

              
e things the r

          
ight way up 

[Pre-Chorus]
            
   all that no

              
ise, all that 

    
sound 
             
  all those pl

             
aces that i go

   
t found 

[Chorus]
             
and birds go f

             
lying at the s


peed of sound 
             
to show how it

       
 all began 
             
birds come fly

             
ing from the u


nderground 
             
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 
             
the sign that 

              
I couldn't rea


d 
              
all the light 

              
that I couldn'

    
t see 
             
somethings you

              
 have to belie

  
ve 
              
but others are

              
 puzzles, puzz

       
ling me 

[Pre-Chorus]
            
   all that no

              
ise, all that 

    
sound 
             
  all those pl

             
aces that i go

   
t found 

[Chorus]
             
and birds go f

             
lying at the s


peed of sound 
             
to show how it

       
 all began 
             
birds come fly

             
ing from the u


nderground 
             
if you could s

#            
ee it then you

              
'd understand 

[Bridge]
             
 all those sig

             
ns   I knew wh

            
at they meant 
              
something you 


can't invent 
             
 Some get made

             
,  and some ge

      
t sent

ooh 

[Chorus]
             
and birds go f

             
lying at the s


peed of sound 
             
to show how it

       
 all began 
             
birds come fly

             
ing from the u


nderground 
             
if you could s

#            
ee it then you

             
'd understand 

[Outro]
            
Oh when you se

             
e it then you'

                 
ll understand