[N.C.] You don't know how you met me, you don't know why You can't turn around and say goodbye All you [F] know is when I'm with you [Bb] I make you free [F] And swim through your veins like a [Bb] fish [C] in [F] the sea
[Chorus] (N.C.) I'm singin [F] follow me, [Bb] Everything is alri [C] ght [F] I'll be the one to tuck you [Bb] in at [C] night, and if you [F] Want to leave, I [Bb] can gua [C] rantee You won't [F] find nobody, [Bb] else [C] like [F] me
[Verse] [F] I'm not worried bout [Bb] the ring you wear [F] Cause as long as noone knows [Bb] then no [C] body can car [F] You're feelin' guilty, and [Bb] I'm well aware [F] But you don't look ashamed, and baby, [Bb] I'm [C] not [F] scared
[Chorus] (N.C.) I'm singin [F] follow me, [Bb] Everything is alri [C] ght [F] I'll be the one to tuck you [Bb] in at [C] night, and if you [F] Want to leave, I [Bb] can gua [C] rantee You won't [F] find nobody, [Bb] else [C] like [F] me
[Solo] [F][F][Bb][C] x 4
[Bridge] [Gm] Won't give you money, I can't giv [C] e you the sky [F] You're better off if you d [C] on't ask w [F] hy [Gm] I'm not the reason that you [G7] , go astray [C] We'll be alright if you don't ask me to stay
[Chorus] (N.C.) I'm singin [F] follow me, [Bb] Everything is alri [C] ght [F] I'll be the one to tuck you [Bb] in at [C] night, and if you [F] Want to leave, I [Bb] can gua [C] rantee You won't [F] find nobody, [Bb] else [C] like [F] me
[Verse] [F] You don't know how you met me, y [Bb] ou don't know why [F] You can't turn around and [Bb] say g [C] oodb [F] ye [F] All you know is when I'm with you [Bb] I make you free [F] And swim through your veins like a [Bb] fish [C] in [F] the sea
[Chorus] (N.C.) I'm singin [F] follow me, [Bb] Everything is alri [C] ght [F] I'll be the one to tuck you [Bb] in at [C] night, and if you [F] Want to leave, I [Bb] can gua [C] rantee You won't [F] find nobody, [Bb] else [C] like [F] me
[Piano Intro - No drums - muted arpeggio picking with first finger] [A][D][G][G] x3
[Verse 1 - Drums in light - keep picking going] [A] You would not b [D] elieve your eyes [G] If ten million fireflies [A] Lit up the [D] world as I fell a [G] sleep [A] 'Cause they'd fill the o [D] pen air [G] And leave teardrops everywhere [A] You'd think me rude But I [D] would just stand and [G] stare
[Chorus - Just bass drum] [G] I'd like to [D] make myself be [A] lieve That planet [G] Earth [D] turns [F#m] slow [G] ly It's hard to say that I'd [D] rather stay [G] Awake when [A] I'm a [Bm] sleep 'Cause [G] everything is [D] never as it [E] seems
[Verse 2 - Light drums-] [A] 'Cause I'd get a [D] thousand hugs [G] From ten thousand lightning bugs [A] As they tried to [D] teach me how to [G] dance [A] A foxtrot a [D] bove my head [G] A sock hop beneath my bed A [A] disco ball is [D] just hanging by a [G] thread
[Chorus - Full drums and strum] [G] I'd like to [D] make myself be [A] lieve That planet [G] Earth [D] turns [F#m] slow [G] ly It's hard to say that I'd [D] rather stay [G] Awake when [A] I'm a [Bm] sleep 'Cause [G] everything is [D] never as it [A] seems When I fall as [D] leep (pause - count 1 2 3 4 from sleep)
[Bridge - Light drums] [A] Leave my door [D] open just a [G] crack (Please take me away from here) [A] 'Cause I feel like [D] such an insomn [G] iac (Please take me away from here) [A] Why do I [D] tire of counting [G] sheep (Please take me away from here) [A] When I'm far too [D] tired to fall a [G] sleep (pause)
[Verse 3 - Light drumas] [A] To ten million [D] fireflies [G] I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes [A] I got misty e [D] yes as they said [G] farewell [A] But I'll know where [D] several are [G] If my dreams get real bizarre 'Cause I [A] saved a few and [D] I keep them in a [G] jar
[Chorus - Full drums] [G] I'd like to [D] make myself b [A] elieve That planet [G] Earth [D] turns [F#m] slow [G] ly It's hard to say that I'd [D] rather stay [G] Awake when [A] I'm a [Bm] sleep 'Cause [G] everything is [D] never as it [E] seems When I fall asleep
[G] I'd like to [D] make myself b [A] elieve That planet [G] Earth [D] turns [F#m] slow [G] ly It's hard to say that I'd [D] rather stay [G] Awake when [A] I'm a [Bm] sleep 'Cause [G] everything is [D] never as it [A] seems When I fall a [G] sleep (see below - I'd like)
[Outro] (single Strums) [G] I'd like to [D] make myself b [A] elieve That planet [G] Earth [D] turns [F#m] slow [G] ly It's [G] hard to say that I'd r [D] ather stay Aw [G] ake when [A] I'm as [Bm] leep Be [G] cause my dreams are [D] bursting at the [A] seams
