Fireflies chords by
Sam Tsui

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Key: Eb major

Intro 1

Verse 1

You would not believe your eyes

If ten million fireflies

Lit up the world as I fell asleep

Verse 2
A A 
 
D D 
 
'Cause they'd fill the open air
G G 
 
And leave teardrops everywhere
D D 
 
You'd think me rude
G G 
 
But I would just stand and stare
D D 
 
I'd like to make myself be

Verse 3
A A 
 
lieve
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
That planet Earth turns
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
slowly
D D 
 
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Awake when I'm asleep
D D 
 
'Cause everything is
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
never as it seems
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 4
A A 
 
'Cause I'd
D D 
 
get a thousand hugs
G G 
 
A A 
 
From ten thousand lightning bugs
D D 
 
As they tried to teach me how
G G 
 
A A 
 
to dance
D D 
 
A foxtrot above my head A

Verse 5

sockhop beneath my bed

A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

I'd like to make myself be

Verse 6
A A 
 
lieve
G G 
 
D D 
 
That planet Earth turns
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
slowly
D D 
 
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Awake when I'm asleep
G G 
 
D D 
 
'Cause everything is
A A 
 
never as it seems
When I fall asleep
D D 
 

Verse 7
G G 
 
Keep my door open just a crack
A A 
 
(Please take me away from here)
D D 
 
'Cause I feel like such
G G 
 
an insomniac
A A 
 
(Please take me away from here)
D D 
 
G G 
 
Why do I tire of counting sheep
A A 
 
(Please take me away from here)
D D 
 
G G 
 
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

Verse 8
A A 
 
To ten million fireflies
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
D D 
 
G G 
 
I got misty eyes as
A A 
 
they said farewell
D D 
 
But I'll know where several are

Verse 9
G G 
 
A A 
 
If my dreams get real bizarre
D D 
 
'Cause I saved a few and I keep
them in a jar
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 

Verse 10
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
I'd like to make myself believe
G G 
 
D D 
 
That planet Earth turns
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
slowly
D D 
 
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
G G 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Awake when I'm asleep
G G 
 
'Cause everything is
D D 
 
E E 
 
never as it seems
G G 
 
When I fall asleep
D D 
 
I'd like to make myself

Verse 11
A A 
 
believe
G G 
 
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
That planet Earth turns slowly
D D 
 
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
G G 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Awake when I'm asleep
G G 
 
'Cause everything is
D D 
 
A A 
 
never as it seems
G G 
 
When I fall asleep
D D 
 
I'd like to make myself be

Verse 12
A A 
 
lieve
D D 
 
G G 
 
That planet Earth
D D 
 
G G 
 
turns slowly
D D 
 
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are
E E 
 
bursting at the seams

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