{"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":1810097,"song":"Broken Butterflies","artist":"Lucinda Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11399019-broken-butterflies-chords-by-lucinda-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1810097?type=chord","rating":4.69001,"votes":4,"content":"Standard tuning\r\nNo capo\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou wear your anger well and stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor all the world to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA heavy cloak, that one gloved hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd no humility[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou stand inside the garden[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd feast on black cherries[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd swallow the mana from heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd spit out the seeds[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou spread your anger on sharp edged knives[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCut my skin and make it bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike Pilate in his self-righteousness[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou are a traitor and a thief[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChoking on your unplanned words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCoughing up your lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTumbling from your mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA flurry of broken butterflies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBroken butterflies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey rest their wings snapped in two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn their way to certain death[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTheir colours gold and blue[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the blood that flows I can not hide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe blood that covers me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNourishes the butterflies [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they are healed and are set free[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wish you had what Ruth possessed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I don't expect that of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGrace and honour and faithfulness[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a love that you refused[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill you ever learn to just forgive[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill you open your beautiful eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd bleed the way Christ did[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd fix the broken butterflies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOoooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoooh-ooooh ooooooh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOoooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOoooh-ooooh ooooooh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Standard tuning\nNo capo\n\n\n[Intro]\nC\nC   G   Dm   C\nC   G   Dm   C\nC   G   Dm   C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC   G   Dm   C","chords":["C","G","Dm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}