Key: D
Introduction: D Em7 C2 D Em7 C2
D Em7
You would not believe your eyes
C2
If ten million fireflies
D Em7 C2
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
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' Cause they' d fill the open air
C2
Leave teardrops everywhere
D
You' d think me rude
Em7 C2
But I would' ve just stand and stare
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I' d like to make myself believe
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That planet Earth turns slowly
C2 G5
It' s hard to say that I' d rather
C2 D Em7
Stay awake when I' m asleep
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' Cause everything is never as it seems
D Em7
' Cause I' d get a thousand hugs
C2
From ten thousand lightning bugs
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As they tried to teach me how to dance
(Teach me how to dance)
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A foxtrot above my head
C2
A sockhop beneath my bed
D Em7 C2
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread
C2 G5 D
I' d like to make myself believe
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That planet Earth turns slowly
C2 G5
It' s hard to say that I' d rather
C2 D Em7
Stay awake when I' m asleep
C2 G5 D
' Cause everything is never as it seems
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Leave my door open just a crack
(please take me away from here)
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' Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(please take me away from here)
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Why do I tire of counting sheep
(please take me away from here)
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When I' m far too tired to fall asleep
D Em7
To ten million fireflies
C2
I' m weird ' cause I hate goodbyes
D Em7 C2
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
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But I' ll know where several are
C2
If my dreams get real bizarre
D
' cause I saved a few
Em7 C2
And I keep them in a jar
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I' d like to make myself believe
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That planet Earth turns slowly
C2 G5
It' s hard to say that I' d rather
C2 D Em7
Stay awake when I' m asleep
C2 G5 D
' Cause everything is never as it seems
C2 G5
Because my dreams are bursting
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At the seams