Artist:They Might Be Giants
Song:Birdhouse In Your Soul
Album:Flood
Intro:
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
Just Strum the (C)for a while
Choruses:
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
Verses:
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
G
doesn’t rest
Instrumental/Bridge:
Am Am+
Am6 Am+
Am Am+
Am6 Am+
Gbm Gbm+
Gbm6 Gbm+
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
Outro CHorus:
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
