Butterfly Chords
by Serj Tankian
Butterfly by Serj Tankian is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Em, G, Am, D, C, G#, D#, A# and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Em G
Spare me the night
Am
Trampled upon by submission
Em G
Amassed within one's own inhibition
Am
Where the only prohibition is love
Em G
Spare me the night
Am
Trampled upon by submission
Em G
Amassed within one's own inhibition
Am
Where the only prohibition is love
Em G Am
Love
( Em G Am )
Em D
Children outcry, "grandfather sky"
C Am
Rivers surviving through her eye
Em D
We certified, how you falsified
C Am
The beauty of a moth turned butterfly, butterfly
Em G
Spare me the night
Am
Trampled upon by submission
Em G
Amassed within one's own inhibition
Am
Where the only prohibition is love
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sodomized by repetitions
Em D
Oceans calcified, egos gratified
C Am
I won't be crucified nor terrified, i'm not terrified
Em D
Before we say goodbye, no need to falsify
C Am
The beauty of a moth turned butterfly, butterfly
Em G
Spare me the night
Am
Trampled upon by submission
Em G
Amassed within one's own inhibition
Am
Where the only prohibition is love
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sodomized by repetitions
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sodomized by repetitions
( Em G Em C D )
Em G
A dark gray matter of fact sky
Em C D
Nannies our nights with our half sister moon
Cm A# G#
Why can't we switch automatically
Cm A# G#
To eco-centric persuasions
Cm A# G#
Why can't we ditch autocracy
Cm A# G#
For eco-centric persuasions now
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sodomized by repetitions
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions
G# D# A# Cm
We are being sodomized by repetitions
Cm