Key: D
Introduction:
A
(All chord forms relative to capo)
(Intro/Main Riff - relative to capo 4x)
G C G
Me and Charlie boy used to go walkin',
C G
sittin? in the woods behind my house
C G
When bein' lovers meant a stolen kiss,
G D D4
and holdin' hands with nobody else around
(Verse 2)
G C G
Charlie said he wanted to get married,
C G
but we were only ten so we?d have to wait
C G
He said we?d never let our love run dry,
D G C
like so many do these days
C
So we treat our love like a firefly,
C D G C G C
like it only gets to shine, for a little while
C
Catch it in a mason jar,
C D G C G
with holes in the top and run like hell, to show it off
F D
Oh promises we made when we?d go walkin?,
F D C G C G C
that?s just me and Charlie talkin',
(Verse 3)
G C G
Charlie always said he?d like to leave here,
C G
turned eighteen and left our sleepy town
C G
Letters came and went and I kept waiting,
C G D D4
for Charlie to come back, and bring the life he?d found,
(Verse 4)
G C G
It's funny how the time and distance change you,
C G
the road you take don?t always lead you home
C G
You can start a love with good intentions
G C
and you'll look up and it?s gone
C
So you treat our love like a firefly,
C D G C G C
like it only gets to shine, for a little while
C
Catch it in a mason jar,
C D G C G
with holes in the top and run like hell, to show it off
F D
Oh promises we made when we?d go walkin?,
F D C G C G C
that?s just me and Charlie talkin',
(Break)
G C G
Now an then I sometimes think of Charlie,
C G
how we thought we knew it all back 'en
C G
Now I?d give anything to feel love,
from a child?s heart again
C
So we treat our love like a firefly,
C D G C G C
like it only gets to shine, for a little while
C
Catch it in a mason jar,
C D G C G
with holes in the top and run like hell, to show it off
F D
Oh promises we made when we?d go walkin?,
F D C G C
that?s just me and Charlie, me an Charlie talkin'