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Butterfly

Lenny Kravitz
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Title: Butterfly (Lenny Kravitz)

G Daug Dm C (*)

You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

G Daug Dm C (*)

You shine just like sun that rains on the winter snow

Cm G

I just had to...tell you so

G Daug Dm C (*)

Your eyes sparkle as the stars, like the moon that glows

G Daug Dm C (*)

Your smile could light the world on fire...or did you know

G Daug Dm C (*)

Your mind's full of everything that I wanna know

Cm G

I just had to let you know

Cm G

I just had to tell you so

Cm G

You're my butterfly...flyin' high

Cm G

Flyin' high...fly, fly, fly...

Chords: E A D G B E

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G 3 2 0 0 0 3

Daug x x x 3 3 2

Dm x x 0 2 3 1

C x 3 2 0 1 0

Cm x x 1 0 1 3

Twiddly bit: (*) Lenny does a bit of quick fingering here that

sounds right, but perhaps there's a better way of doing

it -- so please mail me if you figure it out.

Examples:

xSLy - x Slide to y

xPy - x Pull off to y

G G Daug Daug Dm Dm Dm C C

e|--3---------3---------x---------x---------x---------x---x------x----x---|
B|--2---------2---------x---------x---------x---------x---x------3----3---|
G|--0---------0---------x---------x---------0---------0---0------2----2---|
D|--0---------0---------3---------3---------2---------2---2------0----0---|
A|--0---------0---------3---------3---------3---------3---3------1----1---|
E|--3---------3---------2---------2---------1---------1---1------0----0---|

You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

C G G Daug Daug Dm

e|------------x------------3---------3---------x---------x---------x-|
B|------------3------------2---------2---------x---------x---------x-|
G|------------2------------0---------0---------x---------x---------0-|
D|------------0------------0---------0---------3---------3---------2-|
A|-1SL3P1-0-1-1-1SL3P1-0-1-0---------0---------3---------3---------3-|
E|------------0------------3---------3---------2---------2---------1-|

You shine just like...etc

OR -- FOR THE CHORUS:

C Cm Cm Cm Cm G

e|------------x------------x---------x---------x---------x---------3-|
B|------------3------------x---------x---------x---------x---------2-|
G|------------2------------1---------1---------1---------1---------0-|
D|------------0------------0---------0---------0---------0---------0-|
A|-1SL3P1-0-1-1-1SL3P1-0-1-1---------1---------1---------1---------0-|
E|------------0------------3---------3---------3---------3---------3-|

I just had to tell you so...etc

Notes:

The chords here in the tab bits are only the down

strums taken from the album "Mama said", but it'll

sound great any way you play it.

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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