Intro :
G C F x2
G C
You would not believe your eyes
F
If ten million fireflies
G C F
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
G C
Cuz they fill the open air
F
And leave teardrops everywhere
G C F
You think me rude but I would just stand and stare
F C G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
Cuz everything is never as it seems
G C
Cuz I get a thousand hugs
F
From ten thousand lightning bugs
G C F
As they try to teach me how to dance
G C
A foxtrot above my head
F
A sockhop beneath my bed
G C F
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread)
F C G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
Cuz everything is never as it seems when I fall asleep
G C F
Leave my door open just a crack
Please take me away from here
G C F
Cuz I feel like such an insomniac
Please take me away from here
G C F
Why do I tire of counting sheep
Please take me away from here
G C F
When I'm far to tired to fall asleep
G C
To ten million fireflies
F
I'm weird cuz I hate goodbyes
G C F
I got misty eyes as they said farewell said farewell
G C
But I know where several are
F
If my dreams get real bizarre
G C F
Cuz I saved a few and I keep 'em in a jar
F C G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
Cuz everything is never as it seems when I fall asleep
F C G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
Cuz everything is never as it seems when I fall asleep
F C G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams