Dia & Ian
Yellow Butterfly
the Yellow Butterfly Project
tabbed by Jordan Sanvicente
Standard Tuning
Bm G
She was just five years old.
D
A slightly moody day.
A Bm
She couldn't stay away, from that rivers edge and I.
G
I turn my back to count.
D
All the daffodil seas that surrounded.
A
I close my eyes, and then heard the water wake up.
G A Bm
And I, I can still hear that scream, It's still lingering, in the air, everywhere.
A G
"Mother, please save me, grab my hand" (I can't I can't)
A Bm
I can still see that face, sink beneath the waves.
A
Baby please, breath for me, give me time I am here.
G
Where did you go?
A
Where'd you go?
G
Where'd you go?
A
Hey, where'd you go?
D
Were the angels that lonely?
Bm
Couldn't they suffice for anybody else?
G
Can't everybody just lie to me.
A
She's home, she's home. Crying for me now.
D Bm G
Every night on a Monday, I will visit the same spot that I hate.
A D
Yes the place that baby loved, and now she can taste it, it took her away.
Bm G
It's been five years since then.
D
And when it hits September.
A
I'll feel like I'm dying again.
Bm
Ian still won't even talk to me, talk to me!
G
Isn't this pain, guilt enough?
D A
I can't even look out the window, without seeing reflections distorted in the sun.
G A Bm
And I, I can still hear that scream, It's still lingering, in the air, everywhere.
A G
"Mother, please save me, grab my hand" (I can't I can't)
A Bm
I can still see that face, sink beneath the waves.
A
Baby please, breath for me, give me time I am here.
G
Where did you go?
A
Where'd you go?
G
Where'd you go?
A
Hey, where'd you go?
D
Were the angels that lonely?
Bm
Couldn't they suffice for anybody else?
G
Can't everybody just lie to me.
A
She's home, she's home. Crying for me now.
D Bm G
Every night on a Monday, I will visit the same spot that I hate.
A D
Yes the place that baby loved, and now she can taste it, it took her away.
Bm G
And the pain hits me like gunshot.
D A
Oh and I'm heading on the way to the floor, I hear her name and it kills me.
Bm
Oh, bottles up, bottles up, bottles up.
G
And I'm trying my best to hurt me.
D
Ian says it's never enough.
A Bm G A
A razor to the wrist for each unshed tear, cough it up, drink it up, drink it up.
D
Were the angels that lonely?
Bm
Couldn't they suffice for anybody else?
G
Can't everybody just lie to me.
A
She's home, she's home. Crying for me now.
D Bm G
Every night on a Monday, I will visit the same spot that I hate.
A D
Yes the place that baby loved, and now she can taste it, it took her away.
Bm G A
Oh it took her away. Took her away.
Bm G D
So I had a coma, when I crashed my car in the lake.
A Bm
I saw your face down there I knew, it was not a mistake.
G D
So I went to the doctor. I told him, oh my heart will break,
A
If I couldn't see you. He just, gave me more pills.
Bm
But, I saw you up there.
G
Still floating by the river.
D
God, you always loved that river.
A
I bet your heaven looks just like it.
Bm G D
Then I'll like it too, even though it scares me now.
A
But when I'm with you.
Bm G D
I'll be just fine, I'll be just fine.
A Bm G D
We can sit, we can talk about, talk about...Butterflies. Butterflies.
A
Butterflies.
Bm
Butterflies
