NOTE: The strumming pattern is tougher than it sounds and I have not included all the chords as there are passing chords using sus2 and sus4 throughout! This is not the only way to play this song. It can be played in the open position! () (Key of ) (All chord forms relative to capo) (Intro/Main Riff - relative to x) e-3---3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------| B-0---0--0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------| G-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| D-0-0-0--0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------| A-0-2-2--2-2-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------| E---3-3--3-3--------------------------| (Verse 1) Me and Charlie boy used to go walkin', sittin? in the woods behind my house When bein' lovers meant a stolen kiss, and holdin' hands with nobody else around (Verse 2) Charlie said he wanted to get married, but we were only ten so we?d have to wait He said we?d never let our love run dry, like so many do these days So we treat our love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine, for a little while Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top and run like hell, to show it off Oh promises we made when we?d go walkin?, that?s just me and Charlie talkin', (Verse 3) Charlie always said he?d like to leave here, turned eighteen and left our sleepy town Letters came and went and I kept waiting, for Charlie to come back, and bring the life he?d found, (Verse 4) It's funny how the time and distance change you, the road you take don?t always lead you home You can start a love with good intentions and you'll look up and it?s gone So you treat our love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine, for a little while Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top and run like hell, to show it off Oh promises we made when we?d go walkin?, that?s just me and Charlie talkin', (Break) (Verse 5) Now an then I sometimes think of Charlie, how we thought we knew it all back 'en Now I?d give anything to feel love, from a child?s heart again So we treat our love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine, for a little while Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top and run like hell, to show it off Oh promises we made when we?d go walkin?, that?s just me and Charlie, me an Charlie talkin' La-lala-lalala_____ La-lala-lalala_____ tabbed by: [email protected]

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