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Butterfly For Bucky chords by Bobby Goldsboro

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Bobby Goldsboro 1976
from the album "Butterfly for Bucky"

BUTTERFLY FOR BUCKY

Chord diagramG+G                            Chord diagramD MajorD
Buck was born on a beautiful morning
       Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G
And I felt very proud
                        Chord diagramD MajorD
Lets just say its not every day
              Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
That you see me cry out loud
                                Chord diagramD MajorD
Hair like Sunshine, Chord diagramA augmentedA smile as Warm
            Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G
And the prettiest eyes you'll find
                               Chord diagramD MajorD
One day last spring my lady and I
          Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramG+G
Found out those eyes were blind

CHORUS:
    Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramD MajorD
   Save a Butterfly for me daddy
            Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
   They sound so pretty to me
                             Chord diagramD MajorD
   Tell me about the butterfly
           Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
    And all the things you see

Chord diagramG+G                                      Chord diagramD MajorD
Well over there Buck lies a beautiful meadow
               Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G
With the colors of gold and tan
                                            Chord diagramD MajorD
With the smell of hay and the sound of crickets
                  Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
Here Buck, Take my hand
                                            Chord diagramD MajorD
And I wish you could see that big oak tree
             Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G
With its limbs reaching up to the sky
                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
And a bed of flowers growing at its feet
          Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
And a Big Yellow Butterfly

Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
Save a butterfly for me Daddy
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
Before they disappear
                            Chord diagramD MajorD
Save a butterfly for me Daddy
                Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
and on his cheek was a tiny tear
Chord diagramG+G                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
So we packed up our bags our hopes and our dreams
             Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG+G
And we all went to town that day
                                   Chord diagramD MajorD
I sneaked off to the hospital chapel
         Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramG+G
I got down on my knees and I prayed

Chord diagramG+G                              Chord diagramD MajorD
Save a butterfly for my boy Lord
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G
I sure need nothing for me
Chord diagramG+G                                Chord diagramD MajorD
Except an angel of joy to touch him
        Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
The way that he's touched me

Chord diagramG+G                                   Chord diagramD MajorD
Now there are things in this universe
        Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G
That we just don't understand
Chord diagramG+G                                      Chord diagramD MajorD
And through an open window came a butterfly
     Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramG+G
to land on Bucks small hand
                                 Chord diagramD MajorD
The doctors face was strangely white
      Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G
As if it just couldn't be
                                Chord diagramD MajorD
But the light was in my boys face
                      Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G
Daddy he said, I can see

Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
Save a Butterfly for us Bucky
          Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramG+G
We're all so blind it seems
                        Chord diagramD MajorD
For we've not seen the magic
     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G
In the power of a little boys dreams

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