Butterfly In Reverse
Counting Crows

Standard Tuning

The chord names and shapes I used: (EADGBE)
Cmaj7 - x32003 F#m - 244222 D6 - xx0200 Asus2 -
x02200
A7sus2 - x02203 C - x32010 Asus2/B -x22200 Asus2/C -
x32200
G - 320003 Am - x02210 Bm - x24432 Asus2/C#-
x42200
Dsus2 - xx0230 D - xx0232 Gm - 355333 Eb/Bb -
66888x
F/C - x33211 Dm/A - 557765 D/A - 55777x E/B -
77999x
A/E - 002220
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Intro: (piano and guitar transcribed for guitar)
C Am G
E-|--0---3----0---0----3------|-
B-|--1--------1--------3---3--|-
G-|--0--------2--------0------|-
D-|--2--------2--------0------|-
A-|--3--------0--------2------|-
E-|--------------------3------|-


Chorus:
Cmaj7 A7sus2 G
Mary-Ann you're better than the world
A7sus2 Cmaj7 G
They took a lot of time getting it right on this girl
Cmaj7 A7sus2 G
I said, Mary-Ann you're better than the world
Em Dsus2 Asus2
They did a lot of things right on this girl


Verse 1: (bar chords for odd lines - 1st and 3rd - open chords for even
lines)
F#m Bm G D
Had a lot of girlfriends I should have known them
Am C G
Click your heels and count back from three
F#m Bm G D
Do you want to go back? You should have known that
Am C G
the butterfly in reverse here is me


Chorus 2:
Cmaj7 A7sus2 G
Mary-Ann you're better than the world
A7sus2 Cmaj7 G
They took a lot of time getting it right on this girl
Cmaj7 A7sus2 G
I said, Mary-Ann you're better than the world
Em D6 Asus2 Asus2/B Asus2/C
Asus2/C# D
They did a lot of things right on this girl

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For the Interlude (below), to get a similar sound to the CD, pluck the
bass note first, then strum through the rest of the chord.
Take the first chord as an example - pluck the Bb root note, then strum
through the Eb chord.
*****

Interlude:
Eb/Bb F/C Dm/A Eb/Bb
Where'd you want to go to with nothing beside you
D/A E/B A/E ( <- strum these chords)
But webbing and curfews and rain
Eb/Bb F/C Dm/A Eb/Bb
And everything that hurts you is locked up inside you
Am Bm ( <- strum)
like butterflies with wings and other perfect things


Verse 2:
F#m Bm G D
We go swimming in the sunshine, dangling from clotheslines
Am C G
Separate and fall into me
F#m Bm G D
But, did you ever see me? Me, absolutely
Am C G
Me, but all you, but still me?


Chorus:
Cmaj7 A7sus2 G
Mary-Ann you're better than the world
A7sus2 Cmaj7 G
They took a lot of time getting it right on this girl
Cmaj7 A7sus2 G
I said, Mary-Ann you're better than the world
Em D6 Asus2
They did a lot of things right on this (girl) did a lot of things right
on this
Em Dsus2 Asus2 Asus2/B Asus2/C Asus2/C# D
Did a lot of things right on this girl


Tabbed by Neil (oxtoby@physics.uq.edu.au) on Thursday 11 and Friday 12
July 2002