Fire Fly chords by Childish Gambino

Guitar chords with lyrics

Key: E minorEm


Chorus:

                            E minorEm
Now when they see us on the streets

All they wanna do is take pics

And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    G+G         D/F#D/F#           E minorEm
And when they hear us on the beat

All they wanna do is make hits
                   G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)

And if you're feelin' how I'm feelin'

How the world should be, perfectly
              G+G    D/F#D/F#         E minorEm
Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
                  A augmentedA
Shawty, we got so high
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Fire fly



Verse:

E minorEm
Skateboardin' down at Washington Square

Lookin' for quarters
                 G+G       D/F#D/F#      E minorEm
Maybe a afford a falafel for dinner, ugh

I'm so broke man scholarship apology
                       G+G            D/F#D/F#    E minorEm
Facebook messages from college kids who hollerin'

Girls like, "we love you, we go to LSU
                              G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
You gotta do a show so we can come and molest you"
                                  A augmentedA                      G+G D/F#D/F#
This rap stuff is magic I used to get called "Oreo" and "Faggot"
  E minorEm
I used to get more laughs when I got laughed at
                                G+G   D/F#D/F#
Oh you got a mixtape? That's fantastic
E minorEm
But everybody thought it was jokes though
                                                 G+G D/F#D/F#
They half right, the joke is I got flow so don't act like
E minorEm
You ain't sittin' there with your friends like, it can't be
                                      G+G  D/F#D/F#
I know Donald Glover, he weak man, he campy
    E minorEm
I'm still knocked down, but I up the ante
           A augmentedA                       G+G      D/F#D/F#
Me and hip-hop, that black Sid and Nancy let 'em know

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Chorus 2:

                            E minorEm
Now when they see us on the streets

All they wanna do is take pics

And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    G+G         D/F#D/F#           E minorEm
And when they hear us on the beat

All they wanna do is make hits
                   G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)

And if you're feelin' how I'm feelin'

How the world should be, perfectly
              G+G    D/F#D/F#         E minorEm
Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
                  A augmentedA
Shawty, we got so high
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Fire fly


Verse 2:

E minorEm
It's hard to make Hov the footsteps you followin'
                     G+G      D/F#D/F#
Especially when your niggas look like Carlton
E minorEm
The pretty girls usin' skin so soft
                                      G+G    D/F#D/F#
Only be likin' black dudes with their hats broke off
E minorEm
Nigga you act too soft Fuck you! I'm from the projects
                                   G+G  D/F#D/F#
My mom was just workin' to give me options
E minorEm
No live shows, 'cause I can't find sponsors
             A augmentedA                          G+G D/F#D/F#
For the only black kid at a Sufjan concert
E minorEm
Yeah so, whatcha gonna do man? you won't speak to the hood, man
               G+G   D/F#D/F#
If I was given one chance I think I could, man
E minorEm
These black kids want somethin' new, I swear it
                             G+G               D/F#D/F#   E minorEm
Somethin' they wanna say but couldn't 'cause they embarrassed

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
                                                  G+G     D/F#D/F#
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
E minorEm                                A augmentedA
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
            G+G    D/F#D/F#        E minorEm
And yous'a fake fuck like a flesh light

Even dudes who like me straight lookin' at me crazy
                             G+G      D/F#D/F#     E minorEm
Like, how the hell he drop a EP and meet Jay-Z?

Girls used to tell me I ain't cool enough
                                    G+G    D/F#D/F#
Now text me pics sayin', "You could tear this up"
E minorEm
I don't really like shades, big rims, or jewelry
                               G+G        D/F#D/F#
But gettin' time of day from a model is new to me
E minorEm
Bein' me isn't as hard as it used to be
    A augmentedA                                 G+G     D/F#D/F#      E minorEm
Now everyone sing the chorus man, you do it so beautifully


Chorus 3:

                            E minorEm
Now when they see us on the streets

All they wanna do is take pics

And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    G+G         D/F#D/F#           E minorEm
And when they hear us on the beat

All they wanna do is make hits
                   G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)

And if you're feelin' how I'm feelin'

How the world should be, perfectly
              G+G    D/F#D/F#         E minorEm
Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
                  A augmentedA
Shawty, we got so high
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Fire fly



Chorus 3:

                            E minorEm
Now when they see us on the streets

All they wanna do is take pics

And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    G+G         D/F#D/F#           E minorEm
And when they hear us on the beat

All they wanna do is make hits
                   G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)

And if you're feelin' how I'm feelin'

How the world should be, perfectly
              G+G    D/F#D/F#         E minorEm
Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
                  A augmentedA
Shawty, we got so high