Butterfly chords by Brent Cobb

SimplifiedD · Bm · A · G · E

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Bm 
A  (B minor) little old man said,
A 
 (A major) "Hey," to a butterfly
G 
D 
 (G major)  (D major) "How do your wing
A 
E 
 (A major) s  take you away?"  (E major) 
Bm 
Well I was  (B minor) sittin' in a cocoon
A 
 (A major) Underneath the yellow
G 
moon  (G major) in the winter time

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Verse 2

When it opened up and I started to fly

The wind came from the east

so I flew to the west

Now I really don't know why

Lord I guess I knew that

way best

How does night turn to day?

Verse 3
A 
Bm 
G 
 (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
A 
Bm 
G 
How does sun (D major) shine turn to rain?  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
A 
Bm 
G 
How come  (D major) things have to change?  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
A 
How don't  (A major) matter anyway
Bm 
A 
G 
E 
Bm 
A 
 (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E major)  (B minor)  (A major) 

Verse 4
G 
E 
 (G major)  (E major) So the
Bm 
 (B minor) little
A 
G 
bitty butterfly  (A major) sat and asked the man  (G major) 
D 
A 
 (D major) "How do your song (A major) 
E 
s take you away?"  (E major) 
Bm 
I was  (B minor) sitting on a barstool, was
A 
 (A major) n't feelin' real cool
G 
 (G major) Labeled habitual liar

Verse 5
D 
A 
 (D major) My wound opened  (A major) up
E 
and I started to write  (E major) 
Bm 
Words  (B minor) came for the more
A 
but I  (A major) wrote for the less
G 
Now I  (G major) really don't know why
D 
A 
E 
G 
 (D major) Lord I guess I knew  (A major) that way  (E major) best  (G major) 
D 
How does  (D major) night turn to day?

Verse 6

How does sunshine turn to rain?

How come things have to change?

How don't matter anyway,

Interlude 1
anyway
Bm 
A 
G 
E 
Bm 
A 
G 
E 
 (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E major) 
Bm 
A 
G 
E 
Bm 
A 
G 
E 
 (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E major) 
G 
 (G major) 
D 
How does  (D major) night turn to day?

Verse 7
A 
Bm 
G 
 (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
A 
Bm 
G 
How does sun (D major) shine turn  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) to rain?
D 
A 
Bm 
G 
How come things  (D major) have to change?  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
A 
How don't  (D major) matter anyway,  (A major) 
Bm 
G 
anyway  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
How does  (D major) night turn to day?

Verse 8
A 
 (A major) 
Bm 
G 
D 
How  (B minor)  (G major) does sun (D major) shine
A 
Bm 
G 
turn to rain?  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
A 
Bm 
G 
How come things  (D major) have to change?  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
A 
How don't  (A major) matter anyway
Bm 
 (B minor) 