Blue Butterfly Boy Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

Blue Butterfly Boy by Amy Jo Johnson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G, Am, E4, Em, E and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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Intro:  D C (4x)

D       C            D           C 
Darling I know you want me to go 
        D           C           D              C  D  C  D 
I can feel like splinters right down to my toes 
           C          D       C 
All my splendor I'll kindly surrender 
     D           C       D     C 
If you just pretend to care 
      G D           Am   E4  Am  E4 
Cause I-I want to be fragile 
G D           Am   E4  Am  E4 
I-I want to be fragile 
                 D  C  D  C  D  C  D  C  D 
Handle me with care 
                  C             D                     C 
So you're just a Hollywood brat, you're just another Hollywood brat 
   D                     C              D  C  D  C  D 
Pretending to be the blue butterfly boy 
       C       D           C          D        C              D  C 
But I see you, oh, lord I see you…. I see you standing everywhere 
     D  C 
Cuz' I 
     G D           Am E4 Am E4 
Cuz' I-I want to be fragile 
G D           Am E4 Am E4 
I-I want to be fragile 
                 Em   Am 
Handle me with care 
                     Em   Am 
Just handle me with care 
                     Em   Am 
Just handle me with care 
                     Em   Am   E 
Just handle me with care 


           E 
You better run 
           E 
You better run 
           E 
You better run 
            G              D   E 
Because you might fall in love 
           E 
You better hide 
           E 
You better hide 
           E 
You better hide 
            G             D   E 
Because you might fall in love 

Bm                           D  C D C 
Cuz' I'm the blue butterfly girl 


D C  (8x) 

Chorus Am 
              G   D 
You better ru-un yeah 
              G   D 
You better Hi-hide 
     Bm                      Am E4 Am 
Cuz' I'm the blue butterfly girl 
Bm                      Am E4 Am E4 
I'm the blue butterfly girl 

D C  (4x) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante