Firefly

The Bluetones

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G Dm Fmaj7 C
G Dm Fmaj7

[Verse 1]
Am              G
A single perfect dew drop forms
Am                       G
The first pearl of the morning
Am                 G
And as the air surrounding warms
Fmaj7
And darkness ebbs away
Fmaj7
Another fragile day

[Verse 2]
Am                         G
She's there observing silently
Am              G
A witness to creation
Am                       G
She understands the irony
Fmaj7
This is her final scene
Fmaj7
A picture in a dream
Fmaj7                      Cm
The way it's always been

[Chorus]
          G       Dm
But it comes as a cost
Fmaj7                               C
With this sense that something permanent is lost
       G             Dm
That a line has been crossed
Fmaj7                        C
An argument to which there's no riposte
C                  G
That's a singularity
G                       Dm
It's your own mortality
Dm                        Fmaj7
It's the punishment and prize
Fmaj7                       C
It's the lights before your eyes
     G         Dm         Fmaj7
Come alive, oh firefly of mine

[Verse 3]
Am                G
Tomorrow is un-reachable
Am              G
Tomorrow is invention
Am                G
Tomorrow is un-teachable
Fmaj7
It's where the answers hide
Fmaj7
It's where we don't arrive

[Verse 4]
Am                      G
How precious is the time we've left
Am                       G
How priceless every moment
Am                    G
We must abandon hopeless quests
Fmaj7
This business of forgiveness
Fmaj7                      Cm
This notion of atonement

[Chorus]
          G       Dm
But it comes as a cost
Fmaj7                               C
With this sense that something permanent is lost
       G             Dm
That a line has been crossed
Fmaj7                        C
An argument to which there's no riposte
C                  G
That's a singularity
G                       Dm
It's your own mortality
Dm                        Fmaj7
It's the punishment and prize
Fmaj7                       C
It's the lights before your eyes
     G         Dm         Fmaj7
Come alive, oh firefly of mine

[Solo]
Am G Am G Am G Fmaj7 Cm

[Chorus]
          G       Dm
But it comes as a cost
Fmaj7                               C
With this sense that something permanent is lost
       G             Dm
That a line has been crossed
Fmaj7                        C
An argument to which there's no riposte
C                  G
That's a singularity
G                       Dm
It's your own mortality
Dm                        Fmaj7
It's the punishment and prize
Fmaj7                       C
It's the lights before your eyes
     G         Dm         Fmaj7
Come alive, oh firefly of mine