Chords with lyrics
Intro: D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
Verse 1:
D MajorD
You can't put a butterfly in a jar
G+G
If the effort's too high no matter who you are
D MajorD
You can't catch the moon, or the sun or the stars
G+G
It doesn't matter who you are
D MajorD
Iced honey
G+G
Iced honey
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Now me I've tried a million tricks
G+G
To make life cold and make it stick
D MajorD
Not running heat that flames then out
G+G
But the proud piece of ice that always floats
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 3:
D MajorD
If I can't trap a butterfly or a bee
G+G
If I can't keep my heart where I want it to be
D MajorD
If no matter how much soul and heart I put to the wood
G+G
If a flaming heart is not that good
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 4:
D MajorD
If you can't put a butterfly in a jar
G+G
If violence mars your final hour
D MajorD
If you make others feel like jam
G+G
Poured on a piece of charbroiled lamb
Verse 5:
D MajorD
If it's all mixed up and you cannot shout
G+G
And your oxygen starts to run out
D MajorD
If your final gasp has the recipe wrong
G+G
And instead of hello you say so long
Verse 6:
D MajorD
If your energy starts to leak out
G+G
And people wonder what you're all about
D MajorD
A augmentedA heartbreaker with an unattached heart
G+G
The story of love gives them all a start
Verse 7:
D MajorD
And me, I've always been this way
G+G
Not by choice, just this way
D MajorD
I can't put my honey pot in a jar
G+G
Or a heart or a fist of some young boy
Verse 8:
D MajorD
If you can't put a butterfly in a jar
G+G
No wonder no need to wonder where you are
D MajorD
It might seem like Hell, the river Styx
G+G
Your affection never sticks
Verse 9:
D MajorD
No matter what you say, no matter what you do
G+G
A augmentedA butterfly heart flies right past you
D MajorD
There's nothing to say, nothing to do
G+G
See if the ice will melt for you
Bridge:
D MajorD
See if the ice will melt for you
G+G
See if the ice will melt for you
D MajorD
See if the ice will melt for you
D MajorD
See if the ice will melt for you
D MajorD
Iced honey
G+G
Iced Honey
D MajorD
Iced honey
G+G
Iced Honey
(Repeat Bridge)
Outro Chorus:
D MajorD
Iced honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
G+G
Iced Honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
D MajorD
Iced honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
G+G
See if the, see if the ice will melt for you
(See if the ice will melt for you)
D MajorD
Iced honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
G+G
Iced Honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
D MajorD
Iced honey