Key: G
Introduction: A5 A5/G# F#m/C# D A A5
D5
When you love someone so deeply
A9/C#
They become your life
D5 A9/C#
It's easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside
D5
Blindly I imagined I could
F#m/C#
Keep you under glass
G
Now I understand to hold you
E4
I must open up my hands
A
And watch you rise
E/G#
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
F#m/C#
For you have become a butterfly
C/F G6
Fly abandonedly into the sun
A E/G#
If you should return to me
F#m
We truly were meant to be
C/F G D A
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly
D5
I have learned that beauty
A9/C#
Has to flourish in the light
D5
Wild horses run unbridled
A9/C#
Or their spirit dies
D5
You have given me the courage
F#m/C#
To be all that I can
G
And I truly feel your heart will
E4
Lead you back to me when you're
A
Ready to land
E/G#
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
F#m/C#
For you have become a butterfly
C/F G6
Fly abandonedly into the sun
A E/G#
If you should return to me
F#m
We truly were meant to be
C/F G D A
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly
C#7/G#
I can't pretend these tears
C#7 F#m
Aren't overflowing steadily
C#7/G#
I can't prevent this hurt from
F#m
Almost overtaking me
F/G C/G Am7
But I will stand and say goodbye
Bb7+
For you'll never be mine
E4 A
Until you know the way it feels to fly
E/G#
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
F#m/C#
For you have become a butterfly
C/F G6
Fly abandonedly into the sun
A E/G#
If you should return to me
(I will know you're mine)
F#m
We truly were meant to be
C/F G D A
So spread your wings and fly
(My butterfly)
C/F G2
So flutter through the sky
D
Butterfly
A5 A5/G# F#m/C#)
F7+ G
Spread your wings and fly
B4
Butterfly