Fireflies (Take 2 1996 Demo) chords by Old 97's

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Verse 1
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You looked like my mother
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Did when she was nineteen
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Not afraid to die
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I started planning our future,
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but you were just 19,
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still a firefly
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You've got terrible vision
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Should've seen I was leaving
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When I first appeared
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But I, I got bit by the footlights
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I got caught in the headlights
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Headed anyplace but here
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Never say, you'll never leave,
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cause you never know till you try
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And a jar of fireflies
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only lasts  for one night
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I'm hateful and heartbroken feelings come
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easy as a waitress on a cool summer night
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And I wonder if there's any justice
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Cause if there's supposed to be justice
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Something ain't right
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Yeah, trains roll like gamblers in slow -mo
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Tryin' to find justice,
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cause they couldn't find love
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Oh yeah, I,
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I wanna sleep on the train tracks
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It's gonna be peaceful,
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it's gonna get rough
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Never say, never leave,
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you never know till you try
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In a jar of fireflies,
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all that lasts  for one night
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I'll last for one night
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You look like my mother
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Did when she was nineteen
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Not afraid to die
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For the last time, I'm not your father
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Hell I was on the 19th,
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and still a firefly