Misc Musicals – The Story Of My Life - The Butterfly (Guitar)

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(Spoken):
    Ab2
In a far off land

     Ab2/C            Dbmaj9
There lived a beautiful butterfly,
[Verse]
      Ab2           Fm7             Gb        Eb9sus Eb7
In a kingdom full of blossom covered trees

   Db                   Ab/C
And winding through this paradise

 Cb2            Bbm7
A river danced along

    Cbsus/Fb      Cb9/Eb           Db9/Eb  
And played with the constant summer breeze.
[Verse]
   Ab2
The butterfly

   Ab    Ab2/C            Bbm7       Dbsus Db
Found a tiny branch at the riverside

 Ab2             Ab   Fm7                Gb9   Gb Db Eb7
And watched the water rushing who knows where.

Db            Ab/C
Carefully he sheltered

          Abm/Cb      Gb9/Bb  
From the power of the breeze

     Cb2/Fb         Cb9/Eb              Eb9sus
For surely it could toss him through the air.
[Chorus]
Absus2            Abm7
I'm a butterfly,he said,

Db2           Dbsus Db
Trivial and small

   Absus2          Abm7
And in the greater scheme of things

   Db2               Dbsus Db
I don’t mean much at all,

          Absus2          Ab/Gb
So i’ll flap my wings to stretch myself
Db2/F Fbmaj6 And just enjoy the view.
        Ab/C  Db  Eb            Fb
I’m a butterfly, what more can i do?
[Verse]
Dbsus Db  Ab2        Ab   Ab2/C     Ab/C      Bbm7     Dbsus2
        One afternoon the butterfly asked the river,

Db     Ab2 Ab Fm7                Gb2 Db/Eb
     Madam, what makes you hurry so?

Eb7    Db              Ab/C
  What splendid destination

       Cb             Gb/Bb
Are you rippling toward?

Fb        Fb/Eb
Where, oh where do you go?
[Verse]
   Ab9              Ab9/C          Bbm7     Db
The river said, I’m headed for the ocean,

         Ab9              Fm7          Gb2 Db/Eb
And the summer breeze inspires me to race.

Eb7    Db2                    Ab2/C
    My friend, you’d love the ocean.

       Cb9          Gb9/Bb  
It’s remarkable to see.

Fb2       Cb2/Eb            Bbm7
Won’t you join our friendly chase?
[Chorus]
Bbm7    Ab9  
  I’m a butterfly,

    Abm7 Db9          Dbsus2 Db
He said, trivial and small,

    Ab9              Abm7
And in the greater scheme of things

   Db9              Dbsus2 Db
I don’t mean much at all,

     Ab9             Ab7/Gb
So I flap my wings to stretch myself
Db/F Dbmaj6/Fb And just enjoy the view.
    Ab/C     Db   Eb           Fb
I’m a butterfly, what more can i do?
[Verse]
Ab      Db2                          Ab/C
So the butterfly, he dreamed of the ocean.

   Fbm7             Bb7sus      Bb7    Bbm7/Eb
He longed to flutter high above the seas,

Eb              Db2               Ebsus2 Eb
  But there are dangers in the sky
C/E. Fsus2 Fm For a tiny butterfly
                  Db2
So from his branch

                           Bbm7/Eb
He asked a question of the breeze.
KEY CHANGE TO A MAJOR [Verse]
D/E E/G# A2           A    A2/C#  A/C#       Bm7   Dsus2
   What makes you chase the river toward the ocean?

D           A2           A  F#m7             G2  D/E  E
  Then the breeze told him a most amazing thing.

D2         A/C#           D9/C            G/B
I’m simply made up of the currents in the air

     F2               C/E             D2/E
That start from the movement of your wing,

   Bb/D   Eb  Cm7/F
Your ti - ny wing!
KEY CHANGE TO Bb MAJOR [Chorus]
          Bb2           Ab/Bb
You’re a butterfly my friend,

 Eb          Ebsus2  Eb
Powerful and strong

        Bb2             Ab/Bb
And I'm grateful for the way

              Eb            Ebsus2
You’ve always hurried me along.

        Bb2                Bb7/Ab
When you flap your wings to stretch yourself
Eb2/G Cm7(b5)/Gb It might seem small to you
Cm7(b5)      Bb/D          Eb2  F7sus
     But you change the world

                   Bb2  Bb  Ebsus2
With everything you do

Eb         Bb2           Bb
     So he stretched his wings
Bb7/Ab Eb/G Cm7(b5)/Gb And took off from the safety of his tree
       Bb/F  Bb/D  Eb  Cm7
And the butterfly

           Ab2  Db  Gb2  Eb
Finally saw the sea.