Fireflies Owl City backing track and tabs

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Fireflies - Owl City
Tabbed by: NICK BROPHY
Email: nick.brophy@gmail.com
Please listen to my tunes @
myspace.com/nickbrophy
For a video tutorial, please visit: youtube.com/nickbrophymusic
Tips: Use a heavy delay. I use the Line 6 DL-4 and set the mix to a little over 12:00.
roll back your tone knob(s) on your guitar to get the muffled synth-ish tone. It's the
part, but on guitar!
Tuning: Standard

[INTRO/VERSES]
e|----------22---------------18------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------18p16------18/23------|
G|---------------------------------------20------------------------------------|
D|------20--------------20-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------18----------------------------|
E|--18------------18-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------X-----17p15-----17/20---------------------------------------20--22-|
D|------------------------------------------------18/22\20-------20----------|
A|--------------------------------18-----------------------------------------|
E|---16------------------------------------16----------------20--------------|

e|-------------22---------------18------------------------16p15--------------|
B|--------------------------------------------16/18\16--------------16\11----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------20---------------20------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------20----------------18------------------------------------|
E|---18----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------11h13-------|
B|-------------13---------------11--------------13------13p11----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------13---------------13---------------13-------------------------------|
A|---11---------------11--------------11-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[CHORUS]
Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb Gm Ab Ab Eb Ab Bb Cm
e|--4---------------6----------4-------------3------4-------------------8------|
B|--4-------8-------6----------4------8------3------4-------------------8------|
G|--5-------8-------7----------5------8------3------5-------------------8------|
D|--6-------8-------8----------6------8------5------6-------------------10-----|
A|--6-------6-------8----------6------6------5------6-------------------10-----|
E|--4---------------6----------4-------------3------4-------------------8------|

Ab Eb F7 (Engage phaser)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------6------------------------16/18----------------------------|
G|-----------------8----13/17\15-----15--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------7---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------8---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[OUTRO]-(x4)------ ----(x4)-----------------------------------------|
e|---23----------------------22------------------------------------------------|
B|--------23-----------------------23------------------------------------------|
G|--------------22----------------------22-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Tabbed by drummwill
@ http://facebook.com/drummwill

Standard Tuning Capo @ 3

Chords:

G C F Em Am
e||--------1------1--||
B||--3--1--1---0--1--||
G||--0--0--2---0--2--||
D||--0--2--3---2--2--||
A||--2--3------2--0--||
E||--3---------0-----||

Intro X2:

e||------7-----5-----3-----3-----3---|------------1---------------1------||
B||----0-----0-----0---3-0---3-0---3-|------1---1---1-------1---1---1----||
G||--0-----0-----0-------------------|----2---2-------2---2---2-------2--||
D||----------------------------------|--3---------------3----------------||
A||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

Verse:
G C
You would not believe your eyes
F
If ten million fireflies
G C F
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
G C
'Cause they'd fill the open air
F
And leave teardrops everywhere
G C
You'd think me rude
F
But I would just stand and stare

Chorus:
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet Earth turns slowly
F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
F G Am
Awake when I'm asleep
F C G
'Cause everything is never as it seems

Verse:
G C
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
F
From ten thousand lightning bugs
G C F
As they tried to teach me how to dance
G C
A fox trot above my head
F
A sock hop beneath my bed
G C F
A disco ball that's just hanging by a thread

Chorus:
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet Earth turns slowly
F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
F G Am
Awake when I'm asleep
F C G
'Cause everything is never as it seems
F
When I fall asleep

Bridge:
G C F
Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
G C F
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
G C F
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
G C F
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

Verse:
G C
To ten million fireflies
F
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
G C F
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
G C
But I'll know where several are
F
If my dreams get real bizarre
G C F
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

Chorus X2:
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet Earth turns slowly
F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
F G Am
Awake when I'm asleep
F C G
'Cause everything is never as it seems
F
When I fall asleep

Outro:
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
That planet Earth turns slowly
F C
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
F G Am
Awake when I'm asleep
F C G
Because my dreams are bursting at the scenes

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Tabs by: Dave Cummins
Email: davidizkewl@hotmail.com

Notice: Transposed from the Tabs posted by NICK BROPHY
Email: nick.brophy@gmail.com

Tuning: E Standard
e
B
G
D
A
E
e|-------10------------------------------------13p11\18-------------|
B|------------------------11-----16---------------------------------|
G|----10-------------10---------------15----------------------------|
D|--8--------------8------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------12p10---12\15-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------13-------------------16--18-------|
G|-----------------------------13----15------------15---------------|
D|----------------------13------------------------------------------|
A|--11-----------------------11----------------15-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------10----------18---------------------------16p15-------------|
B|------------------------------------16/18\16---------------16\11--|
G|----10----------15------15----------------------------------------|
D|--8----------15----------------11---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------11h13-------------|
B|--------13---------11----------13-----13p11-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----13---------13----------13------------------------------------|
A|--11---------11----------11---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS

e|--4---------------6------4-------------3------4------------8------|
B|--4-------8-------6------4------8------3------4------------8------|
G|--5-------8-------7------5------8------3------5------------8------|
D|--6-------8-------8------6------8------5------6------------10-----|
A|--6-------6-------8------6------6------5------6------------10-----|
E|--4---------------6------4-------------3------4------------8------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6----------------------------------16/18------------------------|
G|--8--------13/17\15-------15--------------------------------------|
D|--7---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

OUTRO---(x4)------ ----(x4)------------------------------|
e|---18----------------------17-------------------------------------|
B|--------18----------------------18--------------------------------|
G|------------20------------------------20--------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Song : Fireflies, from "Owl City: Live From Los Angeles"
Artist: Owl City (Adam Young)
Tuning: Standard
Edit 1: Accidentally put a triple where there should be a double.

Intro

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-666------10------88---------666------10------88-|
|-666------10------88---------666------10------88-|
|-444------8-------66---------444------8-------66-|

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--8----5---666------10------88-----666------10--10----88--|
|--8----5---666------10------88-----666------10--10----88--|
|--6----3---444------8-------66-----444------8---8-----66--|

PM.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-66--66--66---66-------88--88--88---88-55---|
|-66--66--66---66---68--88--88--88---88---6--|
|-44--44--44---44-68----66--66--66---66----8-|

PM.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-66--66--66---66-------88--88--88---88-5----|
|-66--66--66---66---68--88--88--88---88--6---|
|-44--44--44---44-68----66--66--66---66---86-|

PM.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-66--66--66---66-------88--88--66---88-(6)--|
|-66--66--66---66---68--88--88--88---88-(6)--|
|-44--44--44---44-68----66--66--66---66-(4)--|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---10-10-10-10---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
|-6-6-6-6---10-10-10-10---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
|-4-4-4-4---8--8--8--8----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6--|
|-4-4-4-4---11-11-11-11---3-3-3-3---4-4-4-4--|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---6-6-8-8---10-10-10-10-|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---6-6-8-8---10-10-10-10-|
|-4-4-4-4---11-11-11-11---4-4-6-6---8--8--8--8--|

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---8-8-8-8-8-8---10-|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---8-8-8-8-8-8---10-|
|-4-4-4-4---11-11-11-11---6-6-6-6-6-6---8--|

Chorus:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---10-10-10-10---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
|-6-6-6-6---10-10-10-10---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
|-4-4-4-4---8--8--8--8----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---5-5-5-5---6-6-6-6--|
|-4-4-4-4---11-11-11-11---3-3-3-3---4-4-4-4--|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---6-6-8-8---10-10-10-10-|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---6-6-8-8---10-10-10-10-|
|-4-4-4-4---11-11-11-11---4-4-6-6---8--8--8--8--|

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---8-8-8-8-8-8---10-|
|-6-6-6-6---13-13-13-13---8-8-8-8-8-8---10-|
|-4-4-4-4---11-11-11-11---6-6-6-6-6-6---8--|

For the second chorus, just repeat the chorus 2 times.
Have Fun!!!

This is my first tab, please correct me if I'm wrong! :D

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

NOTE: The chords are slightly different in [every refrain] (see below)

| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a|
e-------10--------------------------------6------|
b----------------11------------------------------|
G-----------------------8-------10-\8/10--------8|
D----h8-------h8--------------8------------------|
A--------------------------6-----------------6---|
E--6--------6--------6---------------------------|

| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a|
e------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------4--------------------------4-h6|
G--------5-\3-h5-----------------5-p3-----3------|
D-----6-----------------------6------------------|
A--------------------6-----------------3---------|
E--4--------------------4------------------------|

| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a|
e-------10---------------------------------------|
b----------------11--------------------9--8------|
G-----------------------8-------10-\8--------8---|
D----h8-------h8--------------8-----------------8|
A--------------------------6---------------------|
E--6--------6--------6---------------------------|

| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a|
e------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------4--6---|
G-------5---------3--------5-----5--3------------|
D------------------------------------------------|
A--------6--------------6--------------3---------|
E--4--------4-----------------4------------------|

The Chords I Play In The [First Refrain]

It starts with a little pickup at the end of the last intro pattern:

| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a|
e-----------------------------------3------------|
b-----------------------------------4--------6---|
G-----------------------------------5--------3---|
D-----------------------------------6------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------4-----------6---|

| Ab Eb/G | Bb
| Ab Eb/G | Gm7 Ab |
| Ab Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 |
| Ab Eb/G | F

The Chords I Play In The [Second Refrain]

| Ab Cm7 | Bb
| Ab Eb Gm7 Ab |
| Ab Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 |
| Ab Eb Bb
| Abadd9 |

The Chords Of The Last [3 Refrains]

| Ab Cm7 | Bb
| Ab Eb Gm7 Ab |
| Ab Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 |
| Ab Eb F

Repeat this part x2
| Ab Cm7 | Bb
| Ab Eb Gm7 Ab |
| Ab Eb Abadd9 Bb Cm7 |
| Ab Eb Bb

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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down

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Í have made any mistakes, and I will see that I coreect them

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