Butterfly How Long It Takes To Die Chords

KeyD#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays435

Butterfly How Long It Takes To Die by Flaming Lips is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D#m. It uses the chords D#m, C# and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D#m
Text
16
Speed
  			

Intro (0:12-0:37) 

     D#m 

verse 1 (0:37-1:26) 

     D#m            C#              B 
     If you've ever really seen the sunrise 
     D#m              C#            B 
     You will see how many times it tries 
     D#m            C#              B 
     If you've ever really seen the sunset 
     D#m              C#               B 
     You will see how long it takes to die 

Break 1 (1:26-1:52) 

     D#m 

verse 2 (1:52-2:41) 

     D#m             C#            B 
     You can see the butterfly has landed 
     D#m             C#                  B 
     Landing on your face, it licks your eye 
     D#m              C#               B 
     You can feel its tongue making a teardrop 
     D#m              C#               B 
     You will see how long it takes to cry 

Break 2 (2:41-3:06) 

     D#m 

Instrumental Verse (3:06-3:53) 

     D#m   C#   B 
     D#m   C#   B 
     D#m   C#   B 
     D#m   C#   B 

Break 3 (3:53-4:18) 

     D#m 

verse 3 (4:18-5:06) 

     D#m             C#         B 
     You can see the universe beginning 
     D#m          C#           B 
     Making a new sun in a new sky 
     D#m             C#          B 
     You can see the universe is ending 
     D#m          C#            B 
     Making a new dark in a new night 

Break 4 (5:06-5:30) 

     D#m 

Instrumental Verse (5:30-5:54) 

     D#m   C#   B 
     D#m   C#   B 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante