Artist: Burton Cummings
[INTRO]
[Am] [Am7] [G6] [Am] [Am7] [F] [Fm]
[VERSE 1]
[Am]Firefly [Am7]flashin' on a sticky [Bm]August nigh[Bm7]t
[Am]Children tryin' to [Am7]put you in a jar and [Bm]watch your lig[Bm7]ht
And as they [Am]study your magical [Am7]latern, I [Bm]know what you're thinking [Bm7]of
They are [Fmaj7]takin' away your [Dm]chance tonight of [Em7]findin' somebody to [Am]love
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [Am7] [Bm] [Bm7] [Am] [Am7] [Bm] [Bm7]
[VERSE 2]
[Am]You gotta [Am7]use the night, you gotta [Bm]get aw[Bm7]ay
You [Am]know how to use what you [Am7]got now, so [Bm]make your pla[Bm7]y
And there's a [Am]lady out there just [Am7]waitin' to see your [Bm]flash in the sk[Bm7]y
She's [Fmaj7]bearin' a torch that burns [Dm]just for you, [Em7]burnin' it twice as [Am]bright
[CHORUS]
[Dm]Firefly, make yourself [Am]glow[Am7]
[Dm]She's gonna notice you before the [Am]night is gone[Am7]
[Dm]Firefly, you're lonely, [Am]I know[Am7]
[F]You're hoping she'll [Fm]be with you before the [Am]night is gone[Am7]
[F]Firefly, you [G]know I'm alot like [Fmaj7]you [F] [G]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [Am7] [Bm] [Bm7] x2
[F] [Em] [F] [E7sus4] [E7]
[CHORUS]
[Dm]Firefly, make yourself [Am]glow[Am7]
[Dm]She's bound to notice you before t[Am]he night is[Am7] gone
[Dm]Firefly, you're lonely, [Am]I know[Am7]
[F]You're hoping she'll [Fm]be with you before the [Am]night is gone[Am7]
[Am]Firefly, you [G]know I'm a lot like[Fmaj7] you [F] [G]
[Am] [Am7] [B7] [F] [Am] x2
[OUTRO]
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am]
Before the night goes [Am7]runnin'
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am]
Night goin' runnin' and a-[Am7]mornin' come a-callin'
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am] [Am7]
[Am]Firefly[Am7] [B7] [F] [Am] [Am7]
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am]
[Am] [Am7] [G6] [Am] [Am7] [F] [Fm]
[VERSE 1]
[Am]Firefly [Am7]flashin' on a sticky [Bm]August nigh[Bm7]t
[Am]Children tryin' to [Am7]put you in a jar and [Bm]watch your lig[Bm7]ht
And as they [Am]study your magical [Am7]latern, I [Bm]know what you're thinking [Bm7]of
They are [Fmaj7]takin' away your [Dm]chance tonight of [Em7]findin' somebody to [Am]love
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [Am7] [Bm] [Bm7] [Am] [Am7] [Bm] [Bm7]
[VERSE 2]
[Am]You gotta [Am7]use the night, you gotta [Bm]get aw[Bm7]ay
You [Am]know how to use what you [Am7]got now, so [Bm]make your pla[Bm7]y
And there's a [Am]lady out there just [Am7]waitin' to see your [Bm]flash in the sk[Bm7]y
She's [Fmaj7]bearin' a torch that burns [Dm]just for you, [Em7]burnin' it twice as [Am]bright
[CHORUS]
[Dm]Firefly, make yourself [Am]glow[Am7]
[Dm]She's gonna notice you before the [Am]night is gone[Am7]
[Dm]Firefly, you're lonely, [Am]I know[Am7]
[F]You're hoping she'll [Fm]be with you before the [Am]night is gone[Am7]
[F]Firefly, you [G]know I'm alot like [Fmaj7]you [F] [G]
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [Am7] [Bm] [Bm7] x2
[F] [Em] [F] [E7sus4] [E7]
[CHORUS]
[Dm]Firefly, make yourself [Am]glow[Am7]
[Dm]She's bound to notice you before t[Am]he night is[Am7] gone
[Dm]Firefly, you're lonely, [Am]I know[Am7]
[F]You're hoping she'll [Fm]be with you before the [Am]night is gone[Am7]
[Am]Firefly, you [G]know I'm a lot like[Fmaj7] you [F] [G]
[Am] [Am7] [B7] [F] [Am] x2
[OUTRO]
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am]
Before the night goes [Am7]runnin'
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am]
Night goin' runnin' and a-[Am7]mornin' come a-callin'
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am] [Am7]
[Am]Firefly[Am7] [B7] [F] [Am] [Am7]
[Am]Firefly[Am7] , [B7]make yourself glow[F] [Am]
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