• Song:

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    Live

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

 A (x02220@1)            DI'm (xx0232@1)your only friend
              CI'm (x32010@1)not your only friend
     E (022100@1)          ABut (x02220@1)I'm a little glowing friend
     C (x32010@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           EBut (022100@1)really I'm not actually your friend

But I am

A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)  Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)  Who watches over you
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)   F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)      C (x32010@1)  Make a little birdhouse in your soul
                FNot (133211@1)to put too fine a point on it
 C (x32010@1)              FSay (133211@1)I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AMake (x02220@1)a little birdhouse in your soul

A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)  I have a secret to tell
A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)  From my electrical well
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)    A7 (x02020@1)            D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)  It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)  So the room must listen to me
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)  Filibuster vigilantly
A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)     A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)  My name is blue canary one word spelled l-i-t-e
F#m (244222@1)          D (xx0232@1)  My story's infinite
F#m (244222@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)  Like the Longings Symphonette it doesn't rest

A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)  Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)  Who watches over you
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)   F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)      C (x32010@1)  Make a little birdhouse in your soul
                FNot (133211@1)to put too fine a point on it
 C (x32010@1)              FSay (133211@1)I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AMake (x02220@1)a little birdhouse in your soul

A (x02220@1)            DI'm (xx0232@1)your only friend
              CI'm (x32010@1)not your only friend
     E (022100@1)          ABut (x02220@1)I'm a little glowing friend
     C (x32010@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           EBut (022100@1)really I'm not actually your friend

But I am

A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)  There's a picture opposite me
A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)  Of my primitive ancestry
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)     A7 (x02020@1)             D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)  Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free
A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)  Though I respect that a lot
A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)  I'd be fired if that were my job
A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)     A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)  After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts
F#m (244222@1)            D (xx0232@1)  Bluebird of friendliness
                            ELike (022100@1)guardian angels, it's always near

A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)  Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)  Who watches over you
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)   F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)      C (x32010@1)  Make a little birdhouse in your soul
                FNot (133211@1)to put too fine a point on it
 C (x32010@1)              FSay (133211@1)I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AMake (x02220@1)a little birdhouse in your soul

A (x02220@1)    D(and (xx0232@1)while you're at it
 A (x02220@1)                DKeep (xx0232@1)the nightlight on inside the
 E (022100@1)      F#m (244222@1)    CBirdhouse (x32010@1)in your soul)

FNot (133211@1)to put too fine a point on it
 C (x32010@1)              FSay (133211@1)I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AMake (x02220@1)a little birdhouse in your soul

A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)  Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)  Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)    F#m (244222@1)    E (022100@1)      C (x32010@1)  Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)

FNot (133211@1)to put too fine a point on it
 C (x32010@1)              FSay (133211@1)I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AMake (x02220@1)a little birdhouse in your soul

A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)  Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)  Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)    F#m (244222@1)    E (022100@1)      C (x32010@1)  Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)

FNot (133211@1)to put too fine a point on it
 C (x32010@1)              FSay (133211@1)I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)      AMake (x02220@1)a little birdhouse in your soul.
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