Birdhouse In Your Soul Uke tab by They Might Be Giants

18 Chords used in the song: C, F, Eb, G, Bb, Db, Am, Ab, Cm, C7, Am+, Am6, Gbm, Gbm+, Gbm6, E, D, A

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Album: 
Year:  1990
Difficulty: 
4.56
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Intro:
C C F F
I'm your only friend I'm not your
Eb Eb G G
only friend but I'm a little
Bb Bb Eb Eb
glowing friend but really I'm not
Db Db G G
actually your friend but I am

Just Strum the (C C)for a while

Choruses:
C C F F
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
C C F F
who watches over you
C C G G Am Am G G
make a little bird- house in your
Eb Eb Ab Ab
soul not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Eb Ab Ab
say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Eb Cm Cm Ab Ab G G
make a little bird- house in your
C C F F
soul

Verses:
C C F F
I have a se- cret to tell
C C F F
from my e- lec- tri- cal well
C C G G C7 C7
it's a sim- ple mes- sage and I'm
F F G G
leav- ing out the whistles and bells
C C F F
so the room must listen to me
C C F F
fi- li- bus- ter vi- gi- lant- ly
C C G G C7 C7
my name is blue ca- na- ry
F F G G
one note spelled L I T E E
Am Am Am+ Am+
my sto- ry's in- fi- nite
Am6 Am6 Am+ Am+
like the Lon- gines Sym- pho- nette it
G G
doesn't rest


Instrumental/Bridge:
Am Am Am+ Am+
Am6 Am6 Am+ Am+
Am Am Am+ Am+
Am6 Am6 Am+ Am+
Gbm Gbm Gbm+ Gbm+
Gbm6 Gbm6 Gbm+ Gbm+
E E D D
A A E E

A A D D
I'm your only friend I'm not your
C C E E
only friend but I'm a little

G G C C
glowing friend but really I'm not
Bb Bb G G
actually your friend but I am

Outro CHorus:
A A F F
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
C C F F
who watches over you
C C G G Am Am G G
make a little bird- house in your
Eb Eb Ab Ab
soul not to put too fine a point on it
Eb Eb Ab Ab
say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Eb Eb Cm Cm Ab Ab G G
make a little bird- house in your
C C F F
soul and while you're at it
C C F F
keep the night light on in- side the
C C G G Am Am G G
bird- house in your soul

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About this song: Birdhouse In Your Soul

"Birdhouse in Your Soul" is a song by American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released in March 1990 as a single from the album Flood. It reached #3 on the United States Modern Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the UK Singles Chart and remains their highest-charting single in both countries. The song returned to the UK Singles Chart in 2010, after its use in a television advert for Clarks Shoes, peaking at #70. The song is sung from the point of view of a nightlight.

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