Fireflies - Owl City Notes

Verse 1:
C G G F G F C
You would not believe your eyes
C D D C D F G
If ten million fireflies
A G F C C C G F D
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
C G G F G F C
'Cause they'd fill the open air
C D D C D F G
And leave teardrops everywhere
C C A G
You'd think me rude
F C C A G D F
But I would just stand and stare

Chorus:
A G F C2 A G F G
I'd like to make myself believe
C F E D C E DD
That planet Earth turns slowly
D D F F F A G F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
C D C F G D
Awake when I'm asleep
D D F F A G F C F G……D
'Cause everything is never as it seems

Verse 2:
C G G F G F C
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
C D D C D F G
From ten thousand lightning bugs
C A G F C A G F D
As they tried to teach me how to dance
C G G F G F C
A foxtrot above my head
C D D C D F G
A sock hop beneath my bed
C C A G F C C A G D F
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

Chorus 2:
A G F C2 A G F G
I'd like to make myself believe
C F E D C E D
That planet Earth turns slowly
D D F F F A G F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
C D C F G D
Awake when I'm asleep
D D F F A G F C F G
'Cause everything is never as it seems
G A G F F
When I fall asleep

Bridge:
C G F G F G F D
Leave my door open just a crack
C D F D F G C
(Please take me away from here)
C G G F G F F A G F
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
C D F D F G C
(Please take me away from here)
G G F G F C G F D
Why do I tire of counting sheep
C D F D F G C
(Please take me away from here)
C G G F G F D A G F
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

Verse 3:
C G G F G F C
To ten million fireflies
C D D C D F G
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
C A G F C C C G F F D
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
C G G F G G F C
But I'll know where several are
C D D C D F G
If my dreams get real bizarre
C C C A G F C C A G D F
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

Chorus 2:  (2X)
A G F C2 A G F G
I'd like to make myself believe
C F E D C E D
That planet Earth turns slowly
D D F F F A G F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
C D C F G D
Awake when I'm asleep
D D F F A G F C F G
'Cause everything is never as it seems
G A G F F
When I fall asleep

Final Chorus:
A G F C2 A G F G
I'd like to make myself believe
C F E D C E D
That planet Earth turns slowly
D D F F F A G F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
C D C F G A
Awake when I'm asleep
D D F F A G F C F G
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams