SPEED OF SOUND

How (G5)long be fore I get in,

be fore it starts, be fore I be gin?

How (G5)long be fore you de cide,

be fore I know what it feels tain like?

Where (G5)to, be where do I go?

If you nev try, then you’ll nev er know.

How (G5)long do I have to climb

up on the side of this moun tain of

Where (C)mine?

Look (G5)up, I look up at night.

Plan ets are mov ing at the speed of light.

sign

Climb (G5)up, ings up in the trees.

Ev ’ry chance that you get is a chance you sieze.

How (G5)long am I gon na stand

with my head stuck un der the sand?

I’ll (G5)start be fore I can stop, but be fore I see things the right way up.

All that (G6)noise and all that (Am)sound.

All those (G7)plac es I got (Am)found.

And (F)birds go fly in’ at the (Am)speed of sound to (C)show ya how it all be (F)gan.

Birds came fly in’ from the (Am)un der ground.

If you could (Em)see it then you’d un der (F)stand.

I (G5)deas that you’ll nev er find.

All the in ven tors at could nev er de sign

the (G5)build ings that you put up.

Ev Like Ja pan and Chi na a all lit up.

A (G5)sign that I could n’t read

or a light that I could n’t see.

Some (G5)things you have to be lieve, but oth ers are puz zles, puz zl in’ me.

All that (G6)noise and all that (Am)sound.

All those (G7)plac es I got (Am)found.

And (F)birds go fly in’ at the (Am)speed of sound to (C)show ya how it all be (F)gan.

Birds came fly in’ from the (Am)un der ground.

If you could (Em)see it then you’d un der (F)stand.

(F)stand.

Ah, when you (Em)see it then you’ll un der (F)stand.

All those (G)signs, I knew what they (Am)meant.

Some things you (D7)can’t in vent.

Some get (G)made and some get (Am)sent,

ooh.