Siberian Butterfly chords by Bob Mould

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
A augmentedA    E minorEm
Watch me fly,
    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Like a rainbow in the sky
         E minorEm      D MajorD
Winter comes and renders everything
  G+G     A augmentedA   G+G
In black and white


Verse 2:
A augmentedA       E minorEm
I see all the butterflies,
  D MajorD        A augmentedA
You captured on your way
        E minorEm
Chloroform and needles
    D MajorD    G+G    A augmentedA   G+G
Pinning wings to your display

Chorus:
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t see me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t feel me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t catch me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t touch me,
A augmentedA  G+G  D MajorD
Now,
  A augmentedA    G+G D MajorD  A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
My Siberian butter fly


Verse 3:
A augmentedA      E minorEm
Across this land,
   D MajorD       A augmentedA
There are no nature scenes
      E minorEm        D MajorD   G+G    A augmentedA
Instead you drill and pillage everything of beauty.


Verse 4:
A augmentedA      E minorEm
In you biosphere,
  D MajorD         A augmentedA
You pin these wings so dear
        E minorEm
If you touch my chitin
    D MajorD   G+G   A augmentedA   G+G A augmentedA
Surely I will disappear.

Chorus:
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t see me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t feel me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t touch me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t keep me,
A augmentedA  G+G  D MajorD
Now,
  A augmentedA    G+G D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G D MajorD
My Siberian butter-fly


Bridge:
BB               D MajorD
You were chasing me through a dream,
         G+G
Origami and gabardine
G+G
All the fields of my past are
F# minorF#m
Shiny glass and steel,
E MajorE           D MajorD
Every Sunday the local men,
D MajorD
Gather up at the barn and,
F# minorF#m
When the sun goes down the sky.
  G+G
Is filled with rainbow butterflies.


Instrumental:
A augmentedA  E minor 7Em7 D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA  E minorEm D MajorD G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
A majorA  E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA  E minorEm D MajorD G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA


Chorus:
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t see me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t feel me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You can’t keep me,
A augmentedA     G+G  D MajorD
You don’t need me
A augmentedA  G+G  D MajorD
Now,
  A augmentedA    G+G D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G D MajorD
My Siberian butter-fly


Outro:
A augmentedA