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Key: Ab
Tuning: Standard
πΈ Intro:
N.C.
Three white butterflies to
D
know you're near
πΈ Verse :
D
I know they think that it
took somebody else
Am
To make me beautiful, beautiful
G
As they intended me to be
D
But they're wrong
D
I know they think that
it took thousands of people
Am
To put me together again
like an experiment
G
Some big men behind the scenes
Sewing Frankenstein
D
black dreams into my songs
D
But they're wrong
πΈ Chorus:
C
God, if you'rΠ΅ near me
G
send mΠ΅ three white butterflies
D
Or an owl to know know you're listening,
sitting while I'm drinking
C
Grandfather, please stand on the
G
shoulders of my father
D
While he's deep-sea fishing for sharks
in the Pacific
πΈ Bridge:
C
'Cause I'm good in spirit, warm-bodied
G D
A fallible deity wrapped up in white
(Oh-oh)
C
I'm folk
I'm jazz
I'm blue
I'm green
G D
Regrettably, also a white woman
(Oh-oh)
C G
But I have good intentions even if
D
I'm one of the last ones
C
If you don't believe me, my poetry
G
or my melodies
D
Feel it in your bones
C G
I have good intentions, even if
D
I'm one of the last ones
C G
(Ah-ah-ah, yeah, ah-ah-ah, yeah
D
ah-ah-ah, yeah, mm)
πΈ Chorus:
C
Grandfather, please stand on
G
the shoulders of my father
D
While he's deep-sea fishing for
all the things he's wishing
C
God, if you're near me
G
send me three white butterflies
D
Or a map to know you're fishing,
impart on me Your wisdom
πΈ Post-Chorus:
G
It took somebody else to
Am7
make me beautiful, wonderful
G
As they intended me to be
D
But they're wrong
D D Am Am
G G D D
πΈ Outro:
D
Three white butterflies to
know you're near
Chords used in song:
D
Am
G
C
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