[Verse]
C             E
Ripple in the midnight clouds
F               C
No stars on the horizon
C               E
Flicker from an old street light 
F                                C
Attracts the moths who claim the night
 
C               E
Satellites that pass overhead
F                C
In the rib caged sky
C                   E
If they stop, we’re good as dead
F                    C
So then what good am I
 
[Chorus]
E                      F
‘Cause I’ve heard from encounters with the past
Dm                   G
The creatures gentle glowing never lasts 
E                C
So won’t someone tell me after all
F                    G            C
What happened to the fireflies of Montreal
 
[Verse]
C               E
Darkness in the alleyway
F            C
At least for some
C              E
In the sixties flew away
F                         C
Left a few, now there are none 
 
[Chorus]
E                   F
But I’ve heard from encounters with the past
Dm                   G
The creatures gentle glowing never lasts 
E                C
So won’t someone tell me after all
F                    G            C
What happened to the fireflies of Montreal