Butterfly Chords

[Intro]
Am  C  Dm  C
 
[Verse 1]
Am
Make a wish, drop a coin in the well
F
Picked her up hitching to Chicago
C                      Dm
Rucksack, skateboard, bashed up guitar
Am
Back of the bar she dances slow
F
Spins and spins, lost in her headphones
C                                  Dm
A kiss that lasts the length of a distant song
 
[Verse 2]
Am
Watching her sleep in the morning lights
F
Whispering dreams, no worry lines
C                                     Dm
Butterfly writes a song in the air no man can read
Am
Sets down on a nest of red hair
F
Wings outspread open like a Bible
C                                  Dm
She taste of sweetcorn, jasmine, cardamom seeds
 
[Chorus]
Am
Bye, bye butterfly
F
Beyond the glass, the open sky
Em                              Am
Your time is brief, your impact fleetingly deep
Am
Gone, gone, the moment's gone
F
Flipped a coin and then move on
Em                               Am
Your time was brief, your impact deep
 
[Verse 3]
Am
Spinner got hooked in the branch of an oak tree
F
Watching wind ripple through the wheat fields
C                           Dm
She found him sleeping in a pile of dead leaves
Am
Can't catch hold of a summer breeze
F
Hang your coat on a wave, on a sunbeam
G                        Am
She woke him up, he was asleep
Am
Can't catch hold of the summer breeze
F
Hang your coat on a wave, on a sunbeam
G                         Am
She woke him up, he was asleep
 
[Chorus]
Am
Bye, bye butterfly
F
Beyond the glass, the open sky
Em                              Am
Your time is brief, your impact fleetingly deep
Am
Gone, gone, the moment's gone
F
Flipped a coin and then move on
Em                               Am
Your time was brief, your impact deep
 
[Bridge]
C              Am                 F
(Maybe it's a lie, maybe it's a crime)
              C
(Maybe it's a one way street, uh-huh)
C              Am                 F
(Maybe it's a lie, maybe it's a crime)
              C
(Maybe it's a one way street, uh-huh)
 
[Verse 4]
Am
Dives from the bridge, crushed by the waves
F
  Ocean tears at his clothes, puts
C
rocks in his pockets He struggles to the place where the
Dm
car hit the sea
Am
Hand over fist down a rope of seaweed
F
Dives to the kelp bed floor, to the
G
wreck of the flat top car
                                                           A
Frees a red haired girl from the passenger seat, breathe, breathe
 
[Interlude]
A  G  D
A  G  D
A  G  D
A  G  D
 
[Outro]
A
Flowers can fly
               G
Enchanted by beauty, mesmerizes
D
More, more, more, more, more
A
Flowers can fly
              G
Enchanted by beauty, mesmerizes
D
More, more, more, more, more
A
More, more, more, more, more
 
More, more, more, more, more
G
 
D
 
A
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