Broken Butterflies chords by Lucinda Williams

Chords with lyrics

"Broken Butterflies" by Lucinda Williams
From the album "Essence" (2001)
Written by Lucinda Williams
Tabbed by CJWilky

Standard tuning
No capo


[Intro]
C majorC
C  G+G  DmDm  C majorC
C  G+G  DmDm  C majorC
C  G+G  DmDm  C majorC

  C majorC
You wear your anger well and stand
  G+G
For all the world to see
 DmDm
A augmentedA heavy cloak, that one gloved hand
  C majorC
And no humility


  C majorC
You stand inside the garden
  G+G
And feast on black cherries
  DmDm
And swallow the mana from heaven
  C majorC
And spit out the seeds


  C majorC
You spread your anger on sharp edged knives
    G+G
Cut my skin and make it bleed
   DmDm
Like Pilate in his self-righteousness
     C majorC
You are a traitor and a thief


 C majorC
Choking on your unplanned words
G+G
Coughing up your lies
DmDm
Tumbling from your mouth
      C majorC
A augmentedA flurry of broken butterflies

 C majorC
Broken butterflies
        G+G
They rest their wings snapped in two
DmDm
On their way to certain death
   C majorC
Their colours gold and blue


     C majorC
With the blood that flows I can not hide
  G+G
The blood that covers me
DmDm
Nourishes the butterflies
       C majorC
And they are healed and are set free


 C majorC
I wish you had what Ruth possessed
    G+G
Then I don't expect that of you
DmDm
Grace and honour and faithfulness
   C majorC
And a love that you refused


     C majorC
Will you ever learn to just forgive
     G+G
Will you open your beautiful eyes
  DmDm
And bleed the way Christ did
      C majorC
And fix the broken butterflies


C majorC
Ooooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh
G+G
Ooooh-ooooh ooooooh
DmDm
Ooooh-ooooh ooooh-ooooh
C majorC
Ooooh-ooooh ooooooh


[Outro]
C majorC  G+G  DmDm  C majorC

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