Biography:
Burton Cummings; singer, pianist, songwriter was born in the Canadian city of Winnipeg on December 31st, 1947. He played with a band called the Deverons before joining The Guess Who as lead vocalist in 1965. After spending ten years with that band, he decided to pursue a solo career. His first self-titled album was released in 1976. The single, "Stand Tall," sold over a million copies. He has written and co-written many of The Guess Who's tracks, as well as his own singles.
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Other songs:
- A Song For Him
- A Touch Of Morning
- Above The Ground
- Any Minor Miracle
- Back Toward The Middle
- Bad News
- Blossom
- Boring Dreams
- Break It To Them Gently
- Burch Magic
- Cerebral World
- Charlemagne
- Combustion
- Crazy If You Mess With The Gods
- Creepin Peepin Baby Blues
- Dream
- Dream Of A Child
- Face Value
- Feels All Wrong
- Fine State Of Affairs
- Firefly
- Framed
- Free
- Gettin My Daddys Car
- Goodnight Everybody
- Guns Guns Guns
- Had To Be You
- Heal Me Music
- Heard It On The News
- Heart
- Heavenly Blue
- I Will Always Wait For You
- I Will Play A Rhapsody
- Im Scared
- Junior Wont Behave
- Love Dream
- My Own Way To Rock
- Not Too Appealing
- Nothin Wrong With The Road
- One And Only
- One Day Soon
- Permissible To Cry
- Real Good
- Revelation
- Save A Smile
- Shes Your Lover
- Someone To Lean On
- Something Old Something New
- Stand Tall
- Sugartime Flashback Joys
- Take One Away
- The Rocks Steady
- The Workaday
- Timeless Love
- Wakin Up Today
- Will You Show Me
- You Saved My Soul
- Your Backyard
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[Intro]
Am Am7 G6 Am Am7 F Fm
[Verse 1]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
Firefly flashin' on a sticky August night
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
Children tryin' to put you in a jar and watch your light
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
And as they study your magical latern, I know what you're thinking of
Fmaj7 Dm Em7 Am
They are takin' away your chance tonight of findin' somebody to love
[Instrumental]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7 Am Am7 Bm Bm7
[Verse 2]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
You gotta use the night, you gotta get away
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
You know how to use what you got now, so make your play
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
And there's a lady out there just waitin' to see your flash in the sky
Fmaj7 Dm Em7 Am
She's bearin' a torch that burns just for you, burnin' it twice as bright
[Chorus]
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, make yourself glow
Dm Am Am7
She's gonna notice you before the night is gone
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, you're lonely, I know
F Fm Am Am7
You're hoping she'll be with you before the night is gone
F G Fmaj7 F G
Firefly, you know I'm alot like you
[Instrumental]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7 x2
F Em F E7sus4 E7
[Chorus]
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, make yourself glow
Dm Am Am7
She's bound to notice you before the night is gone
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, you're lonely, I know
F Fm Am Am7
You're hoping she'll be with you before the night is gone
Am G Fmaj7 F G
Firefly, you know I'm a lot like you
Am Am7 B7 F Am x2
[Outro]
Am Am7 B7 F Am
Firefly, make yourself glow
Am7
Before the night goes runnin'
Am Am7 B7 F Am
Firefly, make yourself glow
Am7
Night goin' runnin' and a-mornin' come a-callin'
Am Am7 B7 F Am Am7
Firefly, make yourself glow
Am Am7 B7 F Am Am7
Firefly
Am Am7 B7 F Am
Firefly, make yourself glow
Am Am7 G6 Am Am7 F Fm
[Verse 1]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
Firefly flashin' on a sticky August night
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
Children tryin' to put you in a jar and watch your light
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
And as they study your magical latern, I know what you're thinking of
Fmaj7 Dm Em7 Am
They are takin' away your chance tonight of findin' somebody to love
[Instrumental]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7 Am Am7 Bm Bm7
[Verse 2]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
You gotta use the night, you gotta get away
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
You know how to use what you got now, so make your play
Am Am7 Bm Bm7
And there's a lady out there just waitin' to see your flash in the sky
Fmaj7 Dm Em7 Am
She's bearin' a torch that burns just for you, burnin' it twice as bright
[Chorus]
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, make yourself glow
Dm Am Am7
She's gonna notice you before the night is gone
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, you're lonely, I know
F Fm Am Am7
You're hoping she'll be with you before the night is gone
F G Fmaj7 F G
Firefly, you know I'm alot like you
[Instrumental]
Am Am7 Bm Bm7 x2
F Em F E7sus4 E7
[Chorus]
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, make yourself glow
Dm Am Am7
She's bound to notice you before the night is gone
Dm Am Am7
Firefly, you're lonely, I know
F Fm Am Am7
You're hoping she'll be with you before the night is gone
Am G Fmaj7 F G
Firefly, you know I'm a lot like you
Am Am7 B7 F Am x2
[Outro]
Am Am7 B7 F Am
Firefly, make yourself glow
Am7
Before the night goes runnin'
Am Am7 B7 F Am
Firefly, make yourself glow
Am7
Night goin' runnin' and a-mornin' come a-callin'
Am Am7 B7 F Am Am7
Firefly, make yourself glow
Am Am7 B7 F Am Am7
Firefly
Am Am7 B7 F Am
Firefly, make yourself glow
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