Old 97s - Firefly guitar tab

G C G C

You... you look like my mother

G

Did when she was nineteen

D

Not afraid to die

G C G C

I... started planning our future

G D

But you were just nineteen

G D

Still a firefly

G C G C

You... got terrible visions

G

Shoulda seen I was leaving

D

When I first appeared

G C G C

But I... got bit by the footlights

G D

I got caught in the headlights

G D

Any place but here

C D Em

Never say... you'll never leave

G C

Cause you never know till you try

C D Em

In a jar... a firefly

G C (strum once)

Only lasts for one night

G C G C

Hateful... and heartbroken feelings

G

Come easy as a waitress

D

On a cool summer night

G C G C

And I wonder... if there's any justice

G D

Cause if there's supposed to be justice

G D

Then something aint right

G C G C

Yeah, trains roll... like gamblers in slo-mo

G

Trying to find justice

D

Cause I couldn't find love

G C G C

I... wanna sleep on the train tracks

G D

It's gonna be peaceful

G D

It's gonna get rough

C D Em

Never say... you'll never leave

G C

Cause you never know till you try

C D Em

In a jar... a firefly

G C Em

Only lasts for one night

G C (strum once)

Only lasts for one night

G C G C

You... you look like my mother

G

Did when she was nineteen

D

Not afraid to die

G C G C

For the last time... I'm not your mother

G D

Hell, I was only nineteen

G (strum once)

Still a firefly