Butterfly Net chords by Caroline Polachek

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD FF D MajorD FF


🎸 Verse 1:
Dsus2Dsus2      Dsus2/F
Earth went silent
London fell asleep
   Dsus2Dsus2         Dsus2/F
She dreamed of winter where you appeared to me
Dsus2Dsus2         Dsus2/F   Gsus2Gsus2
Perfect timing as new petals in November
 Bbsus2Bbsus2           Csus2Csus2
A augmentedA tender creature, a fever, disarming, fluorescent

🎸 Chorus:
      D MajorD       FF
There you were with your mirror
 D MajorD          E minorEm
Shining the world all over me
    DmDm    C majorC
There I was with my butterfly net
Bb majorBb          C majorC
Trying to catch your light

D MajorD Fmaj7Fmaj7 D MajorD E minorEm
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC

🎸 Verse 2:
   D MajorD      Fmaj7Fmaj7
I collected stupid ashes
    Bb majorBb            Csus2Csus2
so that after you'd gone I could hold onto something
     DmDm            Csus2Csus2
But you stayed unwavering through every false goodbye
Bb majorBb          Csus2Csus2
 Unsubsiding, pining
for now and for never

🎸 Chorus:
      D MajorD       FF
There you were with your mirror
 D MajorD          E minorEm
Shining the world all over me
    DmDm    C majorC
There I was with my butterfly net
Bb majorBb          C majorC
Trying to catch your light

🎸 Bridge:
DmDm      C majorC           AbAb
  Oh if only  the umbrella of the sky
       Bb majorBb
Could wrap us up and up
         DmDm      C majorC        Bb majorBb
That's where I'd zoom in close, dilated as your eyes
          Bb majorBb
But til then I'll keep it brief

🎸 Verse 3:
N.C.
Faithful inertia, her bullet doesn't slow
N.C.
It seeks and finds me how far it goes, heaven help me
DmDm             A minorAm
Take this bag of wings and drown it in the thames
   BbmBbm      Bb majorBb   C majorC
And wake tomorrow, hollow, hardly forgetting

🎸 Chorus:
      D MajorD  FF D MajorD E minorEm
There you were
    DmDm    C majorC
There I was with my butterfly net
Bb majorBb          C majorC
Trying to catch your light