This is a pretty simple song to play. It uses only the chords Em, G, D, A, and E.


Em
Mama told me not to waste my life
            G
She said spread your wings, my little butterfly
           D
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
              A                           D
And if they give you shhh, then they can walk on by



    Em                         D
My feet, feet can't touch the ground
                    G
And I can't hear a sound
                       A
But you just keep on running up your mouth, yeah
Em                 D
Walk, walk on over there
                        G       A
'Cause I'm too fly to care, oh yeah


      Em                  D
Your words don't mean a thing
            G
I'm not listening, keep talking
A
All I know is



Em
Mama told me not to waste my life
            G
She said spread your wings, my little butterfly
           D
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
        A
And they can't detain you
                         E
'Cause wings are made to fly
                                  G
And we don't let nobody bring us down
                                 D
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
                                 A
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
                         Em
These wings were made to fly



Em                      D
I'm firing up on that runway
                                G
I know we're gonna get there someday
                      A
But we don't need no ready, steady, go, no
Em                    D
Talk, talk turns into air
                  G         A
And I don't even care, oh yeah


      Em                  D
Your words don't mean a thing
            G
I'm not listening, keep talking
A
All I know is



Em
Mama told me not to waste my life
            G
She said spread your wings, my little butterfly
           D
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
        A
And they can't detain you
                         E
'Cause wings are made to fly
                                  G
And we don't let nobody bring us down
                                 D
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
                                 A
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
                         Em
These wings were made to fly



Em
I don't need no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey
G
I don't hear no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey

D
You better keep on walking, 'cause I don't wanna hear your talking, boy
A
You better keep on walking,  'cause I don't wanna hear your talking


      Em                  D
Your words don't mean a thing
            G
I'm not listening
                   A             Em
They're just like water off my wings