Oookay.. I've looked at these versions, played them, and they still don't fit. 
Here's mine. See how it works.

INTRO:
A5 X 4 Em/G X 8 D/F# X 4
Do this twice
 
             
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 

       
can 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 

            
   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 

     

Verse 2:
 
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 x4  x4  x4  x4
 x4  x8  x4
 x4  x8  x4
            
   all that no

              
ise, all that 

    
sound 
             
  all those pl

             
aces that i go

   
t found 

CHORUS



             
 all those sig

             
ns   I knew wh

            
at they meant 
              
something you 


can't invent 
             
 Some get made

             
,  and some ge

      
t sent

Ooooohhh.... 

CHORUS

            
Oh when you se

             
e it then you'

                 
ll understand

I hope that's closer... more later from me if I get the chance.