INTRO: Bb Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab x2 VERSE ONE: Bb Eb You would not believe your eyes Ab If ten million fireflies Bb Eb Ab Lit up the world as I fell asleep Bb Eb 'Cause they'd fill the open air Ab And leave teardrops everywhere Bb Eb Ab You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare
CHORUS: Ab Eb/G Bbsus4 I'd like to make myself believe Ab Eb Eb/G Ab That planet Earth turns slowly Ab Eb Ab Bb Cm It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Ab Eb F Ab 'Cause everything is never as it seems VERSE TWO: Bb Eb 'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs Ab From ten thousand lightning bugs Bb Eb Ab As they tried to teach me how to dance Bb Eb A foxtrot above my head Ab A sock hop beneath my bed Bb Ab The disco ball is just hanging by a thread CHORUS: Ab Eb/G Bbsus4 I'd like to make myself believe Ab Eb Eb/G Ab That planet Earth turns slowly Ab Eb Ab Bb Cm It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Ab Eb F Ab Eb 'Cause everything is never as it seems (When I fall asleep) BRIDGE: Bb Ab Leave my door open just a crack Ab Bb (Please take me away from here) Bb Ab 'Cause I feel like such an insomniac Ab Bb (Please take me away from here) Bb Ab Why do I tire of counting sheep Ab Bb (Please take me away from here) Bb Ab When I'm far too tired to fall asleep (Haha) VERSE THREE: Bb To ten million fireflies Ab I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes Bb Ab I got misty eyes as they said farewell (Said farewell) Bb But I'll know where several are Ab If my dreams get real bizarre Bb Ab 'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (Jar, jar, jar) CHORUS: Ab Eb/G Bbsus4 I'd like to make myself believe Ab Eb Eb/G Ab That planet Earth turns slowly Ab Eb Ab Bb Cm It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Ab Eb F Ab 'Cause everything is never as it seems (When I fall asleep) Ab Eb/G Bbsus4 I'd like to make myself believe Ab Eb Eb/G Ab That planet Earth turns slowly Ab Eb Ab Bb Cm It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Ab Eb F Ab 'Cause everything is never as it seems (When I fall asleep) Ab Eb/G Bbsus4 I'd like to make myself believe Ab Eb Eb/G Ab That planet Earth turns slowly Ab Eb Ab Bb Cm It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Ab Eb F Because my dreams are bursting at the seams
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