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[Verse 1]
AOh death, oh death are you a blackwing butterfly?
EAre you death here to touch me on mAy shoulder as I cry?
Silent and unnoticed up Eagainst the evening sky,
ADeath, are you a Eblackwing butterflyA?
[Verse 2]
AIs this the end, oh the end, blackwing butterfly?
EDid you summon all the angels for a Bmbedside lulAlaby?
We all just keep on singinEg and wait for Heaven’s trumpets cry
ASing it loud, Eblackwing butterflDy
EHallelujah, DHallelujaAh
[Verse 3]
ADon’t pass me by, don’t pass my by, Blackwing butterfly
EAre you here for another, must I suAffer in this life?
‘Cause I’m weak from all tEhis loving and I think it is my time
ATake me now, blacEkwing butterflyA  
EHallelujah, DHallelujaAh
[Verse 4]
ADo you know how I’m aching, blackwing butterfly?
EDo you know how I’m aching when I sAee you fly on by
‘Cause I thought you’d takEe this heartache Up to heaven by and by
ABut you left me, Emy blackwing butterAfly
EHallelujah, DHallelujaAh

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Blackwing Butterfly

by Noëlle Hampton

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[Verse 1]

Oh death, oh death are you a blackwing butterfly?

E A

Are you death here to touch me on my shoulder as I cry?

Silent and unnoticed up against the evening sky,

A E A

Death, are you a blackwing butterfly?

[Verse 2]

Is this the end, oh the end, blackwing butterfly?

E Bm A

Did you summon all the angels for a bedside lullaby?

We all just keep on singing and wait for Heaven’s trumpets cry

A E D

Sing it loud, blackwing butterfly

E D A

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 3]

Don’t pass me by, don’t pass my by, Blackwing butterfly

E A

Are you here for another, must I suffer in this life?

‘Cause I’m weak from all this loving and I think it is my time

A E A

Take me now, blackwing butterfly

E D A

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 4]

Do you know how I’m aching, blackwing butterfly?

E A

Do you know how I’m aching when I see you fly on by

‘Cause I thought you’d take this heartache Up to heaven by and by

A E A

But you left me, my blackwing butterfly

E D A

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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