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Butterfly - By Weezer (Rivers Cuomo)
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As performed on their second album, Pinkerton (track 10).

Tabbed by Mark Carroll ([email protected]).

Okay, Weezer fans, time to get down and dirty.  
Here's the chords and my own bastardization of the lyrics.  
Some of this is pulled from when I saw them in concert here in 
Vancouver (as in B.C., Canada).  By the way, if you get a 
chance to see a live show, do it.  It is an incredible experience. 
Anyway, on with the song.

Chords:
   G      G7     C      C5     D      D?     D7     Em
  e-3-   e-1-   e-0-   e-3-   e-2-   e-x-   e-2-   e-0-
  B-3-   B-0-   B-1-   B-1-   B-3-   B-3-   B-1-   B-0-
  G-0-   G-0-   G-0-   G-0-   G-2-   G-0-   G-2-   G-0-
  D-0-   D-0-   D-2-   D-2-   D-0-   D-4-   D-0-   D-2-
  A-2-   A-2-   A-3-   A-3-   A-x-   A-5-   A-x-   A-2-
  E-3-   E-3-   E-x-   E-x-   E-x-   E-x-   E-x-   E-0-

Verse 1:
  G     Em            C
  Yesterday I went outside
          D?             G
  With my Mother's Mason jar
             Em         C  *
  Caught a lovely butterfly
  G      Em        C
  When I woke up today
            D?          G
  Looked in on my fairy pet
            Em          C  *   
  She had withered all away
                          D7
  No more sighing in her breast

Chorus:
                        G
  I'm sorry for what I did
         Em            C
  I did what my body told me to
      D                    G
  I didn't mean to do you harm
         G7              C              D
  Every time I pin down what I think I want
            G
  It slips away
      Em           C5
  And oh it slips away

Verse 2:
  Smell you on my hands for days
  Couldn't wash away the scent
  I'm a dog and you're a bitch
  I guess you're as real as me
  Maybe I can live with that
  To excite my fantasy
  Life of chasing butterfly

Chorus

Verse 3:
  G       Em           C
  I told you that I'd return
            D?               G
  When the robin builds his nest
               Em            C   *
  But I ain't never comin' back

End part:
   G
  I'm sorry
      Em
  I'm sorry
      C5      G
  I'm sorry.


That's about it, except for that little ditty where the stars are.
It goes something like this:

   e-0-----2-----------:
   B----3--1--0-----0--:
   G-------2-----2-----:
   D-------0-----------:
   A-------------------:
   E-------------------:

Now I'm done.  Any questions, comments, or gift bouquets can be sent to me
at  [email protected]