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Birdhouse In Your Soul Chords

Music by: They Might Be Giants · 1990
Genre Rock Views 509
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[Intro 1]
[C]I'm your only friend
I'm [Bb]not your o[Eb]n ly friend
But [F]I'm a little [Bb]glowing friend
But [Cm]really I'm not [Db]actually your [G]friend
But I am
[C][C]

[Chorus 1]
[C]Blue canary in the out[F]let by the light switch
[C]Who watches ov [F]er you[G]
[C]Make a lit[G]tle bir[F]dhouse in your sou[Eb]l
Not to put too [Ab]fine a point on it
[Eb]Say I'm the only b[Ab]ee in your bonnet
[Eb]Make a littl[Cm]e bird[Ab]house in yo[G]ur soul[C]
[F][C][F]

[Verse 1]
[C]I have a sec[F]ret to tell
[C]From my ele[F]ctrical well
[C]It's a sim[G]ple mes[C]sage
and I'm [F]leaving out the [G]whistles and bells
[C]So the room must lis[F]ten to me
[C]Filibuster vig[F]ilantly
[C]My nam[G]e is Blu[C]e Canary One[F] Note
spelled L- [G]I-T-E
[Am]My story's infin[F]ite
[D]Like the Longines Sym[F]phonette,
it [G]doesn't rest

[Chorus 2]
[C]Blue canary in the out[F]let by the light switch
[C]Who watches ov [F]er you[G]
[C]Make a lit[G]tle bir[F]dhouse in your sou[Eb]l
Not to put too [Ab]fine a point on it
[Eb]Say I'm the only b[Ab]ee in your bonnet
[Eb]Make a littl[Cm]e bird[Ab]house in yo[G]ur soul[C]
[F][C][F]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][D][F]
[Am][F][D][F]
[F#m][D][B][D]
[E][A][E]

[Bridge 1]
[A]I'm your only [E]friend
I'm not your [C]only friend
But [D]I'm a little [G]glowing friend
But [A]really I'm not [Bb]actually your [G]friend

[Verse 2]
But I am
[C]There's a picture op [F]posite me
[C]Of my primitive an [F]cestry
[C]Which sto[G]od on roc[C]ky shores
and [F]kept the beaches [G]shipwreck- free
[C]Though I respec[F]t that a lot
[C]I'd be fired if tha[F]t were my job
[C]After kil[G]ling Jas[C]on off
and [F]countless screaming [G]Argonauts
[Am]Bluebird of frie[F]ndliness
[D]Like guardian ang[F]els it's alw[G]ays near

[Chorus 3]
[C]Blue canary in the out[F]let by the light switch
[C]Who watches ov [F]er you[G]
[C]Make a lit[G]tle bir[F]dhouse in your sou[Eb]l
Not to put too [Ab]fine a point on it
[Eb]Say I'm the only b[Ab]ee in your bonnet
[Eb]Make a littl[Cm]e bird[Ab]house in yo[G]ur

[Chorus 4]
[C](soul) [F]While you're at it
[C]Leave the nightlight [F]on in[G]side
The bird[C]house [G]in your [F]soul
[Eb]Not to put too fine [Ab]a point on it
[Eb]Say I'm the only b[Ab]ee in your bonnet
[Eb]Make a littl[Cm]e bird[Ab]house in yo[G]ur

[Chorus 5]
[C](soul) (Blue canary in...) And [F]while you're at it,
[C]Leave the lightnight...
[F](...over you)
[G]The birdhou[C]se...
(Make a [G]little [F]birdhouse in your [Eb]soul)
Not to put too [Ab]fine a point on it
[Eb]Say I'm the only b[Ab]ee in your bonnet
[Eb]Make a littl[Cm]e bird[Ab]house in yo[G]ur

[Chorus 6]
[C](soul) (Blue canary in...) And [F]while you're at it,
[C]Leave the lightnight...
[F](...over you)
[G]The birdhou[C]se...
(Make a [G]little [F]birdhouse in your [Eb]soul)
Not to put too [Ab]fine a point on it
[Eb]Say I'm the only b[Ab]ee in your bonnet
[Eb]Make a littl[Cm]e bird[Ab]house in yo[G]ur soul[C]
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