• Song:

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

  • Artist:

    They Might Be Giants

  • Album:

    Live

Birdhouse In Your Soul Chords by They Might Be Giants

Artist:They Might Be Giants
Song:Birdhouse In Your Soul
Album:Flood

Intro:
C                                       F
I'm         your    only      friend              I'm       not       your
Eb                                      G
only              friend      but       I'm            a    little
Bb                                      Eb
glowing        friend         but       really              I'm       not
Db                                      G
actually                      your      friend    but  I            am

Just Strum the (C)for a while

Choruses:
C                                       F
          Blue   canary       in   the  outlet    by   the  light     switch
C                                       F
          who       watches        over               you
C                   G                   Am                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
Eb                                      Ab
soul      not   to  put   too      fine      a    point     on   it
Eb                                      Ab
say       I'm  the  only           bee       in   your      bonnet
Eb                  Cm                  Ab                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
C                                       F
soul

Verses:
C                                       F
          I         have      a         se-  cret to        tell
C                                       F
          from      my        e-   lec-      tri- cal       well
C                   G                   C7
          it's a    sim-      ple       mes-      sage      and       I'm
F                                       G
leav-     ing       out       the       whistles  and       bells
C                                       F
          so   the  room      must      listen    to        me
C                                       F
          fi-  li-  bus-      ter  vi-       gi-  lant-     ly
C                   G                   C7
          my        name      is        blue      ca-  na-           ry
F                                       G
one       note      spelled   L         I         T         E
Am                                      Am+
          my        sto-      ry's      in-       fi-  nite
Am6                                     Am+
          like the  Lon-      gines     Sym-      pho- nette               it
G
doesn't             rest


Instrumental/Bridge:
Am                                      Am+
Am6                                     Am+
Am                                      Am+
Am6                                     Am+
Gbm                                     Gbm+
Gbm6                                    Gbm+
E                                       D
A                                       E 

A                                       D
I'm         your    only      friend              I'm       not       your
C                                       E
only              friend      but       I'm            a    little

G                                       C
glowing        friend         but       really              I'm       not
Bb                                      G
actually                      your      friend    but  I              am

Outro CHorus:
A                                       F
          Blue   canary       in   the  outlet    by   the  light     switch
C                                       F
          who       watches        over               you
C                   G                   Am                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
Eb                                      Ab
soul      not   to  put   too      fine      a    point     on   it
Eb                                      Ab
say       I'm  the  only           bee       in   your      bonnet
Eb                  Cm                  Ab                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your
C                                       F
soul                          and  while          you're    at   it
C                                       F
keep      the  night     light     on             in-       side     the
C                   G                   Am                  G
bird-     house     in        your      soul
Show more