Owl City, Matt Thiessen of Relient K's side project band!!!
Fireflies
Ocean Eyes
2009
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
G# - 466544
Fm - 133111
Gm - 355333
Eb/G - 365xxx
Bb-Eb-G#-- x4
Verse 1:
Bb Eb
You would not believe your eyes
G#
If ten million fireflies
Bb Eb G#
lit up the world as i fell asleep
Bb Eb
Cause they'd fill the open air
G#
and leave teardrops everywhere
Bb
you'd think me rude but
Eb G#
I'd just stand and stare
Chorus 1:
G# Eb/G Bb
I'd like to make myself believe
G# Eb Gm G#
that planet Earth turns slowly
G# Eb
Its hard to say that I'd rather
G# Bb Cm
stay awake when I'm asleep
G# Eb/G Fm Eb/G
Cause everything is never as it seems
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Verse 2:
Bb Eb
Cause i'd get a thousand hugs
G#
from ten thousand lightning bugs
Bb
as they tried to
Eb G#
teach me how to dance
Bb Eb
A foxtrot above my head
G#
a sockhop beneath my bed
Bb Eb
a disco ball is just
G#
hanging by a thread
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Post Chorus:
G#(hold)
I fall asleep
Verse 3:
Bb Eb G#
leave my door open just a crack
(please take me away from here)
Bb Eb G#
Cause i feel like such an insomniac
(please take me away from here)
Bb Eb G#
why do i tire of counting sheep
(please take me away from here)
Bb Eb G#
when I'm far too tired to fall asleep
Verse 4:
Bb Eb
To ten million fireflies
G#
I'm weird cause i hate goodbyes
Bb Eb G#
i got misty eyes as they said farewell
Bb Eb
but i'll know where several are
G#
if my dreams get real bizarre
Bb
cause i saved a few and
Eb G#
i keep them in a jar
(Repeat Chorus 1 twice)
Chorus 2:
G# Eb/G Bb
I'd like to make myself believe
G# Eb Gm G#
that planet Earth turns slowly
G# Eb
Its hard to say that I'd rather
G# Bb Cm
stay awake when I'm asleep
G#
Because my dreams are
Eb Bb(hold)
bursting at the seams
