Dia & Ian
Yellow Butterfly
the Yellow Butterfly Project
tabbed by Jordan Sanvicente

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Bm (x24432@1)                         G (320003@1)  She was just five years old.
                   DA (xx0232@1)slightly moody day.
                    A (x02220@1)                            BmShe (x24432@1)couldn't stay away, from that rivers edge and I.
		      GI (320003@1)turn my back to count.
				 DAll (xx0232@1)the daffodil seas that surrounded.
			   AI (x02220@1)close my eyes, and then heard the water wake up.

G (320003@1)                         A (x02220@1)      BmAnd (x24432@1)I, I can still hear that scream, It's still lingering, in the air, everywhere.
                     A (x02220@1)			     G"Mother, (320003@1)please save me, grab my hand" (I can't I can't)
		      A (x02220@1)	     BmI (x24432@1)can still see that face, sink beneath the waves.
                                               ABaby (x02220@1)please, breath for me, give me time I am here.

GWhere (320003@1)did you go?
	    AWhere'd (x02220@1)you go?
	    GWhere'd (320003@1)you go?
		 AHey, (x02220@1)where'd you go?

D (xx0232@1)  Were the angels that lonely?
Bm (x24432@1)  Couldn't they suffice for anybody else?
GCan't (320003@1)everybody just lie to me.
AShe's (x02220@1)home, she's home. Crying for me now.
D (xx0232@1)	  Bm (x24432@1)			 G (320003@1)  Every night on a Monday, I will visit the same spot that I hate.
			      A (x02220@1)				 DYes (xx0232@1)the place that baby loved, and now she can taste it, it took her away.

Bm (x24432@1)		 G (320003@1)  It's been five years since then.
		     DAnd (xx0232@1)when it hits September.
			   AI'll (x02220@1)feel like I'm dying again.
					  BmIan (x24432@1)still won't even talk to me, talk to me!
			   GIsn't (320003@1)this pain, guilt enough?
			    D (xx0232@1)			 AI (x02220@1)can't even look out the window, without seeing reflections distorted in the sun.



G (320003@1)                         A (x02220@1)      BmAnd (x24432@1)I, I can still hear that scream, It's still lingering, in the air, everywhere.
                     A (x02220@1)			     G"Mother, (320003@1)please save me, grab my hand" (I can't I can't)
		      A (x02220@1)	     BmI (x24432@1)can still see that face, sink beneath the waves.
                                               ABaby (x02220@1)please, breath for me, give me time I am here.

GWhere (320003@1)did you go?
	    AWhere'd (x02220@1)you go?
	    GWhere'd (320003@1)you go?
		 AHey, (x02220@1)where'd you go?

D (xx0232@1)  Were the angels that lonely?
Bm (x24432@1)  Couldn't they suffice for anybody else?
GCan't (320003@1)everybody just lie to me.
AShe's (x02220@1)home, she's home. Crying for me now.
D (xx0232@1)	  Bm (x24432@1)			 G (320003@1)  Every night on a Monday, I will visit the same spot that I hate.
			      A (x02220@1)				 DYes (xx0232@1)the place that baby loved, and now she can taste it, it took her away.

Bm (x24432@1)		    G (320003@1)  And the pain hits me like gunshot.
					 D (xx0232@1)		  AOh (x02220@1)and I'm heading on the way to the floor, I hear her name and it kills me.
				    BmOh, (x24432@1)bottles up, bottles up, bottles up.

GAnd (320003@1)I'm trying my best to hurt me.
			DIan (xx0232@1)says it's never enough.
				       A (x02220@1)		      Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)AA (x02220@1)razor to the wrist for each unshed tear, cough it up, drink it up, drink it up.

D (xx0232@1)  Were the angels that lonely?
Bm (x24432@1)  Couldn't they suffice for anybody else?
GCan't (320003@1)everybody just lie to me.
AShe's (x02220@1)home, she's home. Crying for me now.
D (xx0232@1)	  Bm (x24432@1)			 G (320003@1)  Every night on a Monday, I will visit the same spot that I hate.
			      A (x02220@1)				 DYes (xx0232@1)the place that baby loved, and now she can taste it, it took her away.
		 Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Oh it took her away. Took her away.

Bm (x24432@1)   G (320003@1)		 D (xx0232@1)  So I had a coma, when I crashed my car in the lake.
			      A (x02220@1)	    BmI (x24432@1)saw your face down there I knew, it was not a mistake.
		     G (320003@1)			DSo (xx0232@1)I went to the doctor. I told him, oh my heart will break,
			    AIf (x02220@1)I couldn't see you. He just, gave me more pills.

Bm (x24432@1)  But, I saw you up there.
G (320003@1)  Still floating by the river.
D (xx0232@1)  God, you always loved that river.
A (x02220@1)  I bet your heaven looks just like it.

Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)		    D (xx0232@1)  Then I'll like it too, even though it scares me now.
		    ABut (x02220@1)when I'm with you.
Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)  I'll be just fine, I'll be just fine.

A (x02220@1)		    Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1)     DWe (xx0232@1)can sit, we can talk about, talk about...Butterflies. Butterflies.
	     AButterflies. (x02220@1)BmButterflies (x24432@1)