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Broken Butterflies

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No capo
[Intro]
C
C   G   Dm   C
C   G   Dm   C
C   G   Dm   C
You Cwear your anger well and stand
For Gall the world to see
A Dmheavy cloak, that one gloved hand
And Cno humility
You Cstand inside the garden
And Gfeast on black cherries
And Dmswallow the mana from heaven
And Cspit out the seeds
You Cspread your anger on sharp edged knives
Cut my Gskin and make it bleed
Like DmPilate in his self-righteousness
You are a Ctraitor and a thief
ChCoking on your unplanned words
GCoughing up your lies
DmTumbling from your mouth
A flurry of Cbroken butterflies
BCroken butterflies
They rest their Gwings snapped in two
DmOn their way to certain death
Their Ccolours gold and blue
With the Cblood that flows I can not hide
The Gblood that covers me
DmNourishes the butterflies 
And they are Chealed and are set free
I Cwish you had what Ruth possessed
Then I Gdon't expect that of you
DmGrace and honour and faithfulness
And a Clove that you refused
Will you Cever learn to just forgive
Will you Gopen your beautiful eyes
And Dmbleed the way Christ did
And fix the Cbroken butterflies
COoooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh
GOoooh-ooooh ooooooh
DmOoooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh
COoooh-ooooh ooooooh
[Outro]
C   G   Dm   C

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Broken Butterflies

by Lucinda Williams

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard tuning

No capo

[Intro]

C G Dm C

You wear your anger well and stand

For all the world to see

A heavy cloak, that one gloved hand

And no humility

You stand inside the garden

And feast on black cherries

And swallow the mana from heaven

And spit out the seeds

You spread your anger on sharp edged knives

Cut my skin and make it bleed

Like Pilate in his self-righteousness

You are a traitor and a thief

Choking on your unplanned words

Coughing up your lies

Tumbling from your mouth

A flurry of broken butterflies

Broken butterflies

They rest their wings snapped in two

On their way to certain death

Their colours gold and blue

With the blood that flows I can not hide

The blood that covers me

Nourishes the butterflies

And they are healed and are set free

I wish you had what Ruth possessed

Then I don't expect that of you

Grace and honour and faithfulness

And a love that you refused

Will you ever learn to just forgive

Will you open your beautiful eyes

And bleed the way Christ did

And fix the broken butterflies

Ooooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh

Ooooh-ooooh ooooooh

Ooooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh

Ooooh-ooooh ooooooh

[Outro]

C G Dm C

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