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Butterfly Chords

Music by: Serj Tankian
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[Verse 1]
[G]Spa[Am]re me[D] t[Em]he night,[G]
trampled [Am]upon by submission
[Em]Amassed within one's own [G]inhibition
Where the [Am]only prohibition is love
[Em]Spare me the [G]night,
trampled [Am]upon by submission
[Em]Amassed within one's own [G]inhibition
Where the [Am]only prohibition
is [Em]love[G][Am]

[Interlude 1]
Love
[Em][G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Children outcry, "grandfather [D]sky"
[C]Rivers sur[G]viving through her [Am]eyes[D]
[Em]We certify, how you falsify
[D]The[C] beauty of a mot[G]h
turned [Am]butterfly
Butterfly
[D]Spare

[Verse 3]
[Em]me the night[G],
trampled [Am]upon by submission
[Em]Amassed within one's own [G]inhibition
Where the [Am]only prohibition is love

[Verse 4]
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]acrificed by our
[Bb]own suspic[Cm]ions
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]odomized by
[Bb]repeti[Cm]tions[C5]
[C]

[Verse 5]
[Em]Oceans calcified, ego's gratified
[D]I w[C]on't be crucifie[G]d nor terrified,
[Am]I'm not terrified
[D]Befor[Em]e we say goodbye,
no need to [D]falsify
[C]The beauty of a [G]moth turned
butter[Am]fly
Butterfly
[D]Spare

[Verse 6]
[Em]me the night[G] trampled
[Am]upon by submission
[Em]Amassed within one's own [G]inhibition
Where the [Am]only prohibition is love

[Verse 7]
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]acrificed by our
[Bb]own suspic[Cm]ions
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]odomized by
[Bb]repeti[Cm]tion[C5]s
[Cm]We a[Ab]re being sacrif[Eb]iced
by our [Bb]own suspi[Cm]cion
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]odomized by re[Bb]petiti[Cm]on
[C5]

[Interlude 2]
[C][Am][Em][C][Em][C]
[D][Am]

[Verse 8]
Dark gray, matter-of-fact sky
sky
[C]sky
[Am]Nannies our nights with
our [F]half-sister [Fm]moon
[F]moo[G]n
[C]Why [Cm]can't we [Eb]switch [Fm]automatically
[Cm]to eco-centric persu[Eb]asions?
[Fm]per [Ab]suasions?
[Cm]Why can't [Eb]we ditch au[Fm]tocracy fo[Cm]r eco-centric persu[Eb]asions
[Fm]persua[Ab]sions [Cm]now?[C5][C]
[C5][C][Cm]

[Verse 9]
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]acrificed by our
[Bb]own suspic[Cm]ions
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]odomized by
[Bb]repeti[Cm]tion
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]acrificed by
[Bb]our own suspi[Cm]cions
[Ab]We are being s[Eb]odomized by re[Bb]petiti[Cm]on
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