Butterfly
Recorded by Jon Batiste
Album: World Music Radio (2023)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.) 
|(D) / (F#/C#) / |(Bm) / (G) - - -

(Verse 1)
(D) Butterfly (F#/C#) all alone (Bm)
(G) But can you fly (D) on your (C)own? (A)
(D) Take your (F#/C#)place in the (Bm)world (A) today (G)
(G) Butterfly (A) flying home (D)
 
(Verse 2)
(D) Cherry plum (F#/C#) and chewing gum (Bm)
(Em) Mini-skirts (D) and cars (C)that hum (A)
(D) Driving ‘round (F3/C#) with your (Bm)head held (G)high
(A) Butterfly flying (D)home
 
(Bridge 1)
(G) Stay a while here with (D)me
(Em) Up under-(F#)neath the stars (Bm)
(A) (G) When you go you'll be (D/F#)free
(E) 'Cause you know who you (A)are, (spoken) you're a butterfly
 
(Verse 3)
(D) Color scheme (F#/C#) from a dream (Bm)
(Em) A tapestry (D) that's so supreme, (C) I (A)mean I've never seen
(D) Something (F#/C#)so dang (Bm)beautiful, (G) oh, child
(G) As a butterfly (A) flying home (D)
 
(Solo)
|(C) / / / |(F#) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / Flying home |
|(C) / Ooh whoa |(F#) / whoa whoa |(D)whoa |(D) / / / |
|(C) / Ooh whoa |(F#) whoa whoa |(D)whoa |(D) / / / |
 
(Bridge 2)
You see I'm (C)howling at the moon (G)
Day and (D)night (Ah whoa ooh)
They say I’m (C) as crazy as a loon (G)
But I'm al-(Em)right
All dressed in (A)white (E/B) (A/C#) - - -
 
(Verse 4) 
(D) Butter-(F#/C#)fly in the air (Bm)
(Em) You can fly (D) anywhere, (C) (A)a sight beyond com-(D)pare
A (F#/C#)sacred song, and a (Bm)sa-(A)cred tone (G)
(A) Butterfly flying (D)home - - - - -