Butcher And The Butterfly Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]There is a finger missing
[G5]on my right hand[Gm][Bb]
[D]A butchers hand in a but
[G5]terfly wing [Gm]span
[D]The sky hangs on [Gm]a thread as I
paint the white picket [D]fence red
Said [G5]am I alive or[Gm] am [F]I[D]
dead?
[G5][Gm][D][G5][Gm]

[Verse 2]
[D]I c[F]aught a r[D]aingbow te[Gm]ar
[G5]in her s[Gm]unset sm[D]ile[G5][Gm]
[D]I told the broken bir[Gm]d of my
unborn [Dm]child[D][G5][Gm][Bb][D]
[F]These blood- sta[D]ined wal[Gm]ls[G5]
[Gm]in h[Bb]er head[Gm][D][Gm][D]
I found my [Gm]girl bleeding in [Bb]his
bed
[D][Dm][D][G5][Gm][Bb]

[Verse 3]
[Gm]
[G5]The angels[G] cried[F] in
butterfly [D]red
(The butcher [Dm]an d [D]th[F]e
[D]but[F]ter[D]fly[G5])
Her [Gm]wings are [F]torn my baby's
[D]dead[Dm][D][F]
[Dm](the butcher and [F]the[Dm][D]
[G5]butt[Gm]erfly[D])
[F]I put [D]my girl

[Verse 4]
[Gm]in the butchers
[D]hand[G5][Gm][D]
She is my [Gm]curse cried fireman
[D]Sam[Gm][Bb][D]
[Dm]Heaven [D]down be[Gm]low [G5]in
[Gm]scribed [D]her name[G5][Gm][D]
My baby girl's [Gm]lost [G5]in a[Gm]mongst
[Bb]these [D]flames
[G5][Gm]

[Verse 5]
[G5]
The angels [F]cried in butterfly [D]red[F]
[D](The butcher and the[F][Dm]
[F]but[Dm]terfl[G5]y)
Her [Gm]wings are [F]torn my baby's
[D]dead[F]
[Dm](The butcher and[F][Dm][D]
the butterfly)

[Verse 6]
Oh heaven help [D]me what have I done?
I kissed the daughter of my unborn [Gm]son[D]
[F]

[Interlude 1]
[D][F]
[D][F][Gm][D]
[G][G5][F][D][G5][D]

[Verse 7]
Heaven down [D]below [Gm]inscri[D]bed
[G5]her name[Gm][F][D]
[F]Let hea[D]ven, hea[Gm]ven rai[G5]n dow[Gm]n aga[F]in
[Gm]

[Verse 8]
[G5]The angels cried[F] in butterfly
[D]red[F]
(The butcher and the
[Dm]butt[F]erfl[G5]y)
Her wing[G]s are [F]torn my baby's
[Dm]dead[F]
[D](The butcher [F]and[Dm][F][G5]
the butterfly)
The angels [F]cried in [D]butterfly
[Dm]red[F][D][G][G5]
[Gm](The[F] butcher and t[D]he[F][Dm][D][G5][G][G5]
[F]but[D]ter[F]fly[D])[F][D][F][Dm][D][G]
Her wings are [F]torn my
baby's [D]dead

[Outro 1]
(The butcher and the butterfly)
[D]