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Author: They Might Be Giants
Sung by: John Linnell
Length: 3:16
On Albums: On The Edge, The Q Album, Flood, Video Compilation, Decadent Music, Live!! New York City 10/14/94, Birdhouse in Your Soul, They Might Be Giants Compilation

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C                                       F
I'm         your    only      friend              I'm       not       your

Eb                                      G
only              friend      but       I'm            a    little

Bb                                      Eb
glowing        friend         but       really              I'm       not

Db                                      G
actually                      your      friend    but  I              am

C


C


C                                       F
          Blue   canary       in   the  outlet    by   the  light     switch

C                                       F
          who       watches        over               you

C                   G                   Am                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your

Eb                                      Ab
soul      not   to  put   too      fine      a    point     on   it

Eb                                      Ab
say       I'm  the  only           bee       in   your      bonnet

Eb                  Cm                  Ab                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your

C                                       F
soul

C                                       F


C                                       F
          I         have      a         se-  cret to        tell

C                                       F
          from      my        e-   lec-      tri- cal       well

C                   G                   C7
          it's a    sim-      ple       mes-      sage      and       I'm

F                                       G
leav-     ing       out       the       whistles  and       bells

C                                       F
          so   the  room      must      listen    to        me

C                                       F
          fi-  li-  bus-      ter  vi-       gi-  lant-     ly

C                   G                   C7
          my        name      is        blue      ca-  na-            ry

F                                       G
one       note      spelled   L         I         T         E

Am                                      Am+
          my        sto-      ry's      in-       fi-  nite

Am6                                     Am+
          like the  Lon-      gines     Sym-      pho- nette               it


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G
doesn't             rest


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Instrumental/Bridge:
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E                                       D

A                                       E
 

A                                       D
I'm         your    only      friend              I'm       not       your

C                                       E
only              friend      but       I'm            a    little

G                                       C
glowing        friend         but       really              I'm       not

Bb                                      G
actually                      your      friend    but  I              am


A                                       F
          Blue   canary       in   the  outlet    by   the  light     switch

C                                       F
          who       watches        over               you

C                   G                   Am                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your

Eb                                      Ab
soul      not   to  put   too      fine      a    point     on   it

Eb                                      Ab
say       I'm  the  only           bee       in   your      bonnet

Eb                  Cm                  Ab                  G
          make  a   little         bird-          house     in        your

C                                       F
soul                          and  while          you're    at   it

C                                       F
keep      the  night     light     on             in-       side     the

C                   G                   Am                  G
bird-     house     in        your      soul
 
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