Butterfly Cry
By
Kerli, 2008
Key:
\ - Down strum
/ - Up strum
s - Slide up
s - Slide down
~ - Let ring
h - Hammer-on
p - Pull-off
() - Bass notes
Chords Used:
G Bm D A
|-3--2--2--0-|
|-3--3--3--2-|
|-0--4--2--2-|
|-0--4--0--2-|
|-2--2--0--0-|
|-3--2--X--0-|
Little Guitar “Chip” Riff at the very beginning
|------|
|------|
|------|
|---7--|
|---7--|
|-0-00-|
\ /\
Bass Riff: (Bass or Guitar, it sounds good with either)
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7~~~s2~~~s7~~~~~~2-2--2~~s-|
Bm Riff 1: (Basic Bm fingering)
|-----------------|
|-----3---2-------|
|---4---4---4---4-|
|-4-----------4---|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Bm Riff 2: (Basically Bm with some ho/po’s. I’m making this more complicated than it really is)
|-2---2--2--2-2-x--2-2--2--2-2-|
|-2h3-3--3--3-3-x--2-2--2--2-2-|
|-4---4--4--4-4-x--4-4--4--4-4-|
|-4---4--4--4-4-x--4-4--4--4-4-|
|-2---2--2--2-2-x--2-2--2--2-2-|
|-2---2--2--2-2-x--2-2--2--2-2-|
\h \ \ \ / \ / \ \ \ /
Intro: (Bass Riff - 2x)
Verse: (Bass Riff - 4x)
Did I hurt you?
Did I ever make you bleed inside?
Did I kill you?
I didn't mean to make you hide yourself,
(Bm Riff 1 - 6x)
Find you in you, beautiful.
Do not grow the seeds of pain in you,
Goodbye!
Chorus:
G Bm
Let the butterflies cry,
D
Let them cry for you.
A
You just dry your eyes,
G
Because the world is wonderful.
Bm
Let the butterflies cry,
D
Let them cry for you.
A
You just dry your eyes,
G
Because the world is wonderful.
Bm D
Oh, ‘cause the world is wonderful
(Bass Riff - 1x)
Verse: (Bass Riff - 4x)
I have been there,
I used to believe there was no light.
But I found out,
Oh, life is far too short to fight.
(Bm Riff 2 - 6x)
Loose yourself, let go of your pain,
Taste the air you breathe and kiss the sky.
Goodbye!
Chorus:
G Bm
Let the butterflies cry,
D
Let them cry for you.
A
You just dry your eyes,
G
Because the world is wonderful.
Bm
Let the butterflies cry,
D
Let them cry for you.
A
You just dry your eyes,
G
Because the world is wonderful.
Bm D
Oh, ‘cause the world is wonderful
Interlude: (Bm Riff 2 - 4x)
Chorus:
(G) (B)
Let the butterflies cry,
(D)
Let them cry for you.
(A)
You just dry your eyes,
G
Because the world is wonderful.
Bm
Let the butterflies cry,
D
Let them cry for you.
A
You just dry your eyes,
G
Because the world is wonderful.
Bm D
Oh, ‘cause the world is wonderful
G Bm D
And yeah, because the world is wonderful
