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Butterfly

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[Intro]
F Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
F9 F Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
C Cm Cm
[Verse]
FButterfly, butterfly
Fmaj7Burning up my only sky
Bbmaj7This is your highway, this is your high
FNever felt more far away Fmaj7than when I fly
Bbmaj7My heart is a violin
DmI feel my skin coming Bboff of me again
[Chorus]
FUp up up how I Bbflew up up and forCgot about the only things I Fknew oh oh
BbOh my god as I gCrew up up that I Fknew yaFmaj7  Bbmaj7  Bbmaj7  
[Verse]
FPulling up getting down
Fmaj7This whole place is crazy town
Bbmaj7Music bumping and the lights come down
FNever felt at home in any Fmaj7place I found
Bbmaj7Oh I live in a cold wet wind
DmAnd I feel the chill coming Bbover me again
[Chorus]
FUp up up how I Bbgrew up up and Cforgot about the only things I Fknew oh oh
BbOh my god as I Cgrew up up
[Outro]
How I Dmflew up up
And the Bbcrowd went hush
And the Cwhirlwind shook
And my Fbody was crushed by the Bbloose window
That I Cknew ya
That I Dmknew yaBb  Dm  
End on Bb

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Butterfly

by Adrianne Lenker

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Bbmaj7

[Intro]

F Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7

F9 F Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7

C Cm Cm

[Verse]

Butterfly, butterfly

Fmaj7

Burning up my only sky

Bbmaj7

This is your highway, this is your high

F Fmaj7

Never felt more far away than when I fly

Bbmaj7

My heart is a violin

Dm Bb

I feel my skin coming off of me again

[Chorus]

F Bb C F

Up up up how I flew up up and forgot about the only things I knew oh oh

Bb C F Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7

Oh my god as I grew up up that I knew ya

[Verse]

Pulling up getting down

Fmaj7

This whole place is crazy town

Bbmaj7

Music bumping and the lights come down

F Fmaj7

Never felt at home in any place I found

Bbmaj7

Oh I live in a cold wet wind

Dm Bb

And I feel the chill coming over me again

[Chorus]

F Bb C F

Up up up how I grew up up and forgot about the only things I knew oh oh

Bb C

Oh my god as I grew up up

[Outro]

How I flew up up

And the crowd went hush

And the whirlwind shook

F Bb

And my body was crushed by the loose window

That I knew ya

Dm Bb Dm

That I knew ya

End on Bb

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