{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1696497,"song":"Butterfly For Bucky","artist":"Bobby Goldsboro","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11356342-butterfly-for-bucky-chords-by-bobby-goldsboro/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1696497?type=chord","rating":4.68499,"votes":3,"content":"Bobby Goldsboro 1976\r\nfrom the album \"Butterfly for Bucky\"\r\n\r\nBUTTERFLY FOR BUCKY\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBuck was born on a beautiful morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I felt very proud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLets just say its not every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat you see me cry out loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nHair like Sunshine, A smile as Warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the prettiest eyes you'll find[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day last spring my lady and I[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFound out those eyes were blind[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Save a Butterfly for me daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   They sound so pretty to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Tell me about the butterfly[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And all the things you see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell over there Buck lies a beautiful meadow[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the colors of gold and tan[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWith the smell of hay and the sound of crickets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere Buck, Take my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish you could see that big oak tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith its limbs reaching up to the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a bed of flowers growing at its feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a Big Yellow Butterfly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSave a butterfly for me Daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore they disappear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSave a butterfly for me Daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand on his cheek was a tiny tear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we packed up our bags our hopes and our dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we all went to town that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI sneaked off to the hospital chapel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got down on my knees and I prayed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSave a butterfly for my boy Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI sure need nothing for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nExcept an angel of joy to touch him[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe way that he's touched me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow there are things in this universe[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat we just don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd through an open window came a butterfly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto land on Bucks small hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe doctors face was strangely white[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs if it just couldn't be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the light was in my boys face[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy he said, I can see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSave a Butterfly for us Bucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're all so blind it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor we've not seen the magic[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the power of a little boys dreams[/tab]","plain_text":"Bobby Goldsboro 1976\nfrom the album \"Butterfly for Bucky\"\n\nBUTTERFLY FOR BUCKY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:","chords":["G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}