Capo: 1st fret

[Intro]
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Three white butterflies to know you’re near

[Verse]
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I know they think that it took somebody else
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To make me beautiful, beautiful
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As they intended me to be
D
But they’re wrong
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I know they think that it took thousands of people
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To put me together again like an experiment
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Some big men behind the scenes
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Sewing Frankenstein black dreams into my songs
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But they’re wrong

[Chorus]
C G
God, if you’rе near me, send mе three white butterflies
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Or an owl to know know you’re listening, sitting while I’m drinking
C G
Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father
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While he’s deep-sea fishing for sharks in the Pacific

[Bridge]
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‘Cause I’m good in spirit, warm-bodied
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A fallible deity wrapped up in white (Oh-oh)
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I’m folk, I’m jazz, I’m blue, I’m green
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Regrettably, also a white woman (Oh-oh)
C G D
But I have good intentions even if I’m one of the last ones
C G
If you don’t believe me, my poetry, or my melodies
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Feel it in your bones
C G D
I have good intentions, even if I’m one of the last ones
C G D
(Ah-ah-ah, yeah, ah-ah-ah, yeah, ah-ah-ah, yeah, mm)

[Chorus]
C G
Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father
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While he’s deep-sea fishing for all the things he’s wishing
C G
God, if you’re near me, send me three white butterflies
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Or a map to know you’re fishing, impart on me Your wisdom

[Post-Chorus]
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It took somebody else to make me beautiful, wonderful
G
As they intended me to be
D
But they’re wrong

D D Am Am
G G D D

[Outro]
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Three white butterflies to know you’re near