Tuning
Standard EADGBE
Difficulty
Advanced 🤯
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: D Verse 1: D The butterfly effect D The motion of one wing Gm One little action changes Gm so many different future things Bm What if I just slept in Bm Took a sick day with a cough? Gm I wouldn’t have been driving Gm when the airbags went off D The surgeon said something and then D I felt the pain again Gm My heartbeat stops, blood pressure drops Gm The lights begin to dim Bm I’m outside my biology Gm Watching my biography play
Chorus: D Gm Edim My life flashed in front of my eyes A Bm Gm My life flashed in front of my eyes EbM7 Bm (My life flashed in front of my—) Verse 2: D Who I am and who I’ve been and D Time limit, seven minutes Gm Every beginning leads to an ending Gm There’s no defending myself Bm Pretending I’m better than anyone else Bm ‘Cause ego’s a shell game, it’s a hell framed Edim By insecurity, lack of maturity Edim Versions and versions D The best and the worst of mistaken identity D I pretend to be somebody other than me Bbdim The enemy of what I wanted to be Bm Epiphany (Love will conquer all) Bm Edim And for the first time in my whole life, I think I finally see Chorus: D Gm My life flashed in front of my eyes A Bm Gm Bbaug Gm7 My life flashed in front of my eyes EbM7 Bm (My life flashed in front of my—) [Instrumental Break] Verse 3: Em7 Strange little hospital room Em7 For me to end so soon Dm7 My empire schemes, aggrandized dreams Dm7 Soon to be entombed Em7 G I read when I was a kid G That after your heartbeat stops Dm7 You still had 7 minutes Dm7 Before your brainwaves shut off Gm7 The irony merits a grin Dm7 If I wasn’t outside of my skin Dm7 That this is the last of the memories past Dm7 Of the 7 minutes I’m in G Outside my biology G Watching my biography play Chorus: Asus4 Bm Bbaug Gm My life flashed in front of my eyes (Staring at the short film of my life) Ebm7 D My life flashed in front of my eyes (Never thought today would be my time) C7 Bm My life flashed in front of my eyes (Death never gave no reason why) Bb Gm My life flashed in front of my eyes C7 Ebm7 E My life flashed in front of my—
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The Butterfly Effect Chords Info
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Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Difficulty: Advanced 🤯
Chords: D, Gm, Bm, Edim, A, Bbdim, Bbaug, Gm7, Em7, Dm7, G, Asus4, Ebm7, C7, Bb, E