• Song:

    Fireflies

  • Artist:

    Owl City

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Owl City, Matt Thiessen of Relient K's side project band!!!
Fireflies
Ocean Eyes
2009
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: Eb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Eb -    x68886
Bb -    x13331
Cm -    x35543
G# -    466544
Fm -    133111
Gm -    355333
Eb/G -  365xxx

Bb-Eb-G#-- x4

Verse 1:
Bb (x1333x@1)              Eb (x43121@3) You would not believe your eyes
G# (xx1114@1) If ten million fireflies
Bb (x1333x@1)         Eb (x43121@3)              G# (xx1114@1) lit up the world as i fell asleep
Bb (x1333x@1)                    Eb (x43121@3)   
  Cause they'd fill the open air
G# (xx1114@1) and leave teardrops everywhere
      Bbyou'd (x1333x@1)think me rude but 
Eb (x43121@3)                G#I'd (xx1114@1)just stand and stare

Chorus 1:
G# (xx1114@1)          Eb/G (444322@1)        Bb (x1333x@1) I'd like to make myself believe
            G# (xx1114@1)  Eb (x43121@3)   Gm (355333@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">G#
that planet Earth turns slowly
    G# (xx1114@1)                 EbIts (x43121@3)hard to say that I'd rather 
      G# (xx1114@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)  Cmstay (x3101x@1)awake when I'm asleep
      G# (xx1114@1)          Eb/G (444322@1)      Fm (133111@1) Eb/GCause (444322@1)everything is never as it seems

Verse 2:
Bb (x1333x@1)              Eb (x43121@3) Cause i'd get a thousand hugs 
G# (xx1114@1) from ten thousand lightning bugs
Bb (x1333x@1) as they tried to 
Eb (x43121@3)            G#teach (xx1114@1)me how to dance
Bb (x1333x@1)         Eb (x43121@3) A foxtrot above my head
G# (xx1114@1) a sockhop beneath my bed
  Bb (x1333x@1)          Eba (x43121@3)disco ball is just 
             G#hanging (xx1114@1)by a thread

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Post Chorus:
         G#(hold)
I fall asleep

Verse 3:
Bb (x1333x@1)            Eb (x43121@3)        G# (xx1114@1)    
  leave my door open just a crack
(please take me away from here)
Bb (x1333x@1)                Eb (x43121@3)           G# (xx1114@1) Cause i feel like such an insomniac
(please take me away from here)
Bb (x1333x@1)       Eb (x43121@3)             G# (xx1114@1) why do i tire of counting sheep
(please take me away from here)
Bb (x1333x@1)           Eb (x43121@3)               G# (xx1114@1) when I'm far too tired to fall asleep

Verse 4:
Bb (x1333x@1)             Eb (x43121@3) To ten million fireflies
G# (xx1114@1) I'm weird cause i hate goodbyes
Bb (x1333x@1)          Eb (x43121@3)              G# (xx1114@1) i got misty eyes as they said farewell
Bb (x1333x@1)                  Eb (x43121@3) but i'll know where several are
G# (xx1114@1) if my dreams get real bizarre
      Bbcause (x1333x@1)i saved a few and 
Eb (x43121@3)             G#i (xx1114@1)keep them in a jar

(Repeat Chorus 1 twice)

Chorus 2:
G# (xx1114@1)          Eb/G (444322@1)        Bb (x1333x@1) I'd like to make myself believe
            G# (xx1114@1)  Eb (x43121@3)   Gm (355333@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">G#
that planet Earth turns slowly
    G# (xx1114@1)                 EbIts (x43121@3)hard to say that I'd rather 
      G# (xx1114@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)  Cmstay (x3101x@1)awake when I'm asleep
  G#Because (xx1114@1)my dreams are 
Eb (x43121@3)            Bb(hold)
bursting at the seams
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