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Firefly

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INTRO: ::  C#/  F:    D#7:    D#m7:    C#:: - 2x
C#/                  F  D#7  
It’s tulips and it’s daisies 
Your favorite flowers D#m7lately 
                                              C#  C#/F  
You think that I ain’t listening, but you know I do 
With your two lips on me D#7baby 
My head starts getting D#m7dazey 
                           C#  D°
Don’t give me a flower, what I want is you 
It hD#mappened on the dG#ay you put your C#hand in mine 
You D#mwent up to my heG#ad just like a gC#lass of wine 
Girl, D#myou spark my attG#ention like a C#firefA#7ly 
                  D#m       G#     C#(intro)
And make me happy to be   alive 
C#/            F  D#7  
You move into a room like 
Summer breeze at D#m7noon time 
                               C#  C#/F  
Baby, out of nine, I’d give you ten 
Your love is like an oD#7cean 
Surf and spray in D#m7motion 
                       C#  D°
Baby, I’m a diver and I love to swim 
It hD#mappened on the dG#ay you put your C#hand in mine 
You D#mwent up to my heG#ad just like a gC#lass of wine 
Girl, D#myou spark my attG#ention like a C#firefA#7ly 
And make me D#mhappy to G#be   D#m7alive 
               C#7M         D°   D#m7  
These are just simple words of   mine 
And though G#most of what I feel is hard to D#m7rhyme 
Ain’t iC#m7t good to know your boy gave iD#m7t a try? 
      G#7::  C#/  F:    D#7:    D#m7:    C#::
O a try, yeaah!
It’d D#mtake a thousand G#colors just to pC#aint your eyes 
Like D#msaving grace, they rG#aise me up to C#paradise 
This ain’t oD#mpinion, it’s conG#sensus from my hC#eart and A#7mind 
                  D#7     G#:  C#/  F:    D#7:    D#m7::
You make me happy to be     alive 

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Firefly

by Jimmy Needham

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#7

D#m7

D#m

A#7

C#m7

G#7

C# F D#7 D#m7 C#

INTRO: :: / : : : :: - 2x

C# F D#7

It’s tulips and it’s daisies

D#m7

Your favorite flowers lately

C# C# F

You think that I ain’t listening, but you know I do

D#7

With your two lips on me baby

D#m7

My head starts getting dazey

C# D

Don’t give me a flower, what I want is you

D#m G# C#

It happened on the day you put your hand in mine

D#m G# C#

You went up to my head just like a glass of wine

D#m G# C# A#7

Girl, you spark my attention like a firefly

D#m G# C#

(intro)

And make me happy to be alive

C# F D#7

You move into a room like

D#m7

Summer breeze at noon time

C# C# F

Baby, out of nine, I’d give you ten

D#7

Your love is like an ocean

D#m7

Surf and spray in motion

C# D

Baby, I’m a diver and I love to swim

D#m G# C#

It happened on the day you put your hand in mine

D#m G# C#

You went up to my head just like a glass of wine

D#m G# C# A#7

Girl, you spark my attention like a firefly

D#m G# D#m7

And make me happy to be alive

D D#m7

C#7M °

These are just simple words of mine

G# D#m7

And though most of what I feel is hard to rhyme

C#m7 D#m7

Ain’t it good to know your boy gave it a try?

G#7 C# F D#7 D#m7 C#

:: / : : : ::

O a try, yeaah!

D#m G# C#

It’d take a thousand colors just to paint your eyes

D#m G# C#

Like saving grace, they raise me up to paradise

D#m G# C# A#7

This ain’t opinion, it’s consensus from my heart and mind

D#7 G# C# F D#7 D#m7

: / : : ::

You make me happy to be alive

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