Butterfly Tab

by Christina Perri
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author cristy♥twilight 5,916.
1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 2, 2014
Hi there!  Alright, here's the tab :)
 
*I had some help with the chords names form UG user P_Trik!
The Am/F is gone because apparently they don't exist!  This
shape [x03210] is really an Fmaj7/A and the C5 is more like
a D9.  Just follow the tab and you're good to go! :)
 
Play along with the song to get the timing down-
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsKE-wbmSwI
 
 
(*I like the sound of this [x04553]-adding the 3rd fret
e string during the strumming parts, but it's for sure
an open e for the picking.)
 
 
 
    D9 [x04500]-picking
       [x04553]-strumming
  Gsus [320010] or [xx0010] which could be another chord all together :/
Fmaj7/A[x03210]- commonly known as an Am/F but it's not!
 
 
STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO
 
 
Intro/1st verse-
 
    Am                  Gsus                D9               Fmaj7/A
e|-------0---------0---------0--------0---------0-------0------------0--------|
B|-----1---1-----1---1-----1---1----1---1------------------------1-3---3-1-0--|
G|---2--------2----------0--------0-----------5--5----5--5-----2--------------| x3
D|------------------------------------------4-------4--------3----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Am
You're a pretty butterfly and
Gsus
You keep on passing by
   D9
You never land inside my hands
     Fmaj7/A
Your home  is in the sky
    Am
And there's a lesson waiting to be learned
    Gsus
The fire starters always get the best
        D9
And the good guys never get the girl
    Fmaj7/A
And shooting stars cannot fix the world
 
 
-strum-
 
    F
And I've made the same mistakes
      C    G     Fmaj7/A
But I won't this time
      C    G    Fmaj7/A
No I won't this time
 
 
 
 
-Interlude/2nd verse-
 
    Am                  Gsus                D9                 Fmaj7/A
e|-------0---------0---------0--------0---------0-------0------------0--------|
B|-----1---1-----1---1-----1---1----1---1------------------------1-3---3-1-0--|
G|---2--------2----------0--------0-----------5--5----5--5-----2--------------| x3
D|------------------------------------------4-------4--------3----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Am
And you're a pretty butterfly
Gsus
And I believed all your lies
                D9
Blinded by your sideways smile
  Fmaj7/A
And    kindness in your eyes
    Am
But there's a limit to your flight
Gsus
I can offer you a better life
     D9
But you keep on flying from the light
    Fmaj7/A
And I've  lost my faith in wrong and right
 
 
 
-strum here on out-
    F
And I've made the same mistakes
      C    G     Fmaj7/A
But I won't this time
      C    G    Fmaj7/A  Gsus  Fmaj7/A  Gsus
No I won't this time
 
 
 
  C
I know exactly what you'll do
  Am
I made damn sure I studied you
    Fmaj7/A
You won't  pick me I am just a breeze
     G
Underneath your wings
     C
So I pray each night you'll change your mind
    Am
And maybe I am worth the fight
    Fmaj7/A
But I   am wrong every time
    G                C    Am  Fmaj7/A  G
You only know how to fly
 
 
                 C             Am
You only know how to fly, whoa oh
    Fmaj7/A-once  (G*      C*) -you can play these chords if you want but
You only,     know how to, fly           really there are no chords here.
 
 
 
 
Have fun and RATE :)
cristy♥guitar
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