• Song:

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    Live

A              D
I'm your only friend
              C
I'm not your only friend
     E            A
But I'm a little glowing friend
     C              Bb             E
But really I'm not actually your friend

But I am

A                      D
   Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
A              D
   Who watches over you
A          E     F#m       E        C
   Make a little birdhouse in your soul
                F
Not to put too fine a point on it
 C                F
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C      Am     F        E        A
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

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

A                      D
   Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
A              D
   Who watches over you
A          E     F#m       E        C
   Make a little birdhouse in your soul
                F
Not to put too fine a point on it
 C                F
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C      Am     F        E        A
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

A              D
I'm your only friend
              C
I'm not your only friend
     E            A
But I'm a little glowing friend
     C              Bb             E
But really I'm not actually your friend

But I am

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

A                      D
   Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
A              D
   Who watches over you
A          E     F#m       E        C
   Make a little birdhouse in your soul
                F
Not to put too fine a point on it
 C                F
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C      Am     F        E        A
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

A      D
(and while you're at it
 A                  D
Keep the nightlight on inside the
 E        F#m      C
Birdhouse in your soul)

                F
Not to put too fine a point on it
 C                F
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C      Am     F        E        A
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

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

                F
Not to put too fine a point on it
 C                F
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C      Am     F        E        A
Make a little birdhouse in your soul


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

                F
Not to put too fine a point on it
 C                F
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
 C      Am     F        E        A
Make a little birdhouse in your soul.
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