Chords for VICTORIA BANKS: LIVE AT THE BASEMENT - FIREFLY

[B] I grew up in Canada, in rural Ontario, in a house [A] that was heated with just wood.
And [B] my family and I, we lived at the end of a really long dirt road with the [F] nearest neighbors miles away.
[Cm] And so in the evenings we'd go out for walks, my sister and my mom and dad and I.
[B] And we would look at the fireflies [F] that were along the side of the road.
_ But to us they weren't fireflies, because my parents had us convinced that they were fairies.
_ _ And they'd take us home and tuck us into bed.
And if we were lucky, [N] we would see one little fairy outside our [F#] window that was there to say [F] goodnight to us, our own personal guardian.
So it was a really magical childhood.
[A] _ _ But then you grow up and [B] you lose that magic.
And life gets hard.
And life got pretty hard for my family.
[F] My mom lost a battle with mental illness.
And she committed suicide about five years ago.
_ And something like that leaves a family with a lot of questions, more questions than answers.
_ And it leaves you kind of wondering how you're going to cope and make that a part of your psyche and still be a positive person.
[N] _ _ But songwriting, thank God, has a way of answering those questions for you [A] sometimes.
And bringing the magic back into things.
And that's what [N] happened with this song.
Because fireflies are not fairies anymore, obviously.
But they're not just fireflies either.
So [A] I wrote this with Emily Shackleton and Sarah Hayes.
It's called [F] Firefly. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
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Firefly, how do you keep [G] your light on?
Here in a dark [C] world, [Cm] I want to be alive like [A] you. _
_ [F] _ _ In [Cm] that black sky, you're not afraid [G] of midnight.
_ You got a way [Am] of _ shining bright.
How [F] your _ sparks ignite.
_ _ _ [C] _ Maybe that's what life is all [G] about.
Finding faith in the shadow of your [Am] doubt.
You gotta shine, you gotta shine [F] your light. _
_ [Dm] Just like a _ [C] firefly. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm wondering [G] _ _ _
_ how bright it could [Am] be in this world full of broken and blown [F] up trees.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ I could just put in [G] a million, but I try to keep on believing [Am] in what heart's got enough.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ Just enough.
_ [C] _ Maybe that's what life is all [G] about. _
Faith in the shadow [Am] of your doubt.
_ You gotta shine [F] your light. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Shooting [G] star, don't try to hide it.
That's who [Am] you are. _
_ You gotta shine [F] your light. _
_ Just like a firefly.
I'm wondering how _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] bright it could [G] _ _ _ [Am] be _ _ _ _ in _ [F] this world full _
_ [G] of broken and blown up trees.
I [C] could just put in a million, but I try to keep on believing in what heart's got enough.
Just enough.
Maybe that's what life is all [G] about.
Finding faith in the shadow of [C] your doubt.
You gotta shine, you gotta shine [F] your _ _ _ _ light.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Shooting star, don't try to hide it.
That's who [Am] you are.
You gotta shine, you gotta shine [F] _ _ _
_ your light.
Just like a [C] firefly. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
Firefly, how big you keep [G] on light on here in the dark.
[Em] _ [A] I want [Cm] to be a light like you. _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _