1 Topic by jets60 (edited by jets60 2009-02-23 02:00:08)

  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,521

Topic: Little Butterfly

Okay this started out as being a song about my wife and how she never finishes jobs she starts on her extreemly long weekend list of chores. But I got the idea of a woman who was like that with relationships, some of whom I've known in the past, and I thought of writing it from a guy still thinking she would come back...anyway that's the idea. So here's the song; I play it with pretty slow tempo (60ish beats per min) but fit it to your own style as you like. I also finger pick the verses and strum the chorus but play as you like.

Little ButterflyBy Jeff Gilpin


March 18, 2007




verse 1


[Am]Little butterfly


[Dm]Flying here and there


[Am]When you gonna fly to [G]me [Em]


[Am]Aren't I on your radar


[Dm]Can't you even see me


[Am]I'll be waiting [G]patient[Am]ly




Chorus


[Dm]Fly to [G]me [Am]butterfly


[G]Fly to [Dm]me butter[Am]fly




verse 2


[Am]You flew to me before


[Dm]I thought I was your flower


[Am]Some other flower caught your [G]eye[Em]


[Am]So you flew to them


[Dm]Then on to another


[Am]You didn't even [G]say good[Am]bye




chorus



[Dm]Fly to [G]me butter[Am]fly


[G]Fly to [Dm]me butter[Am]fly




Break


[Dm]I wished it was that [G]simple


That [Am]I'd only have to [Em]want you


[G]And like magic [Em]you'd be mine [Am]again[Am7]


But [Dm]life is ever [G]tragic


[Am]Filled with disap[Em]pointment


That [G]leaves you sad and [Dm]hollow in the [E]end[E7]




verse 3


[Am]I still try to forget you


[Dm]That I was once your flower


[Am]I can't no matter how I [G]try[Em]


If fairy [Am]tales and happy endings


Could [Dm]just this once come true


They'd [Am]bring me back my [Dm]little [G]butter[Am]fly.




chorus


[Dm]Fly to [G]me butter[Am]fly


[G]Fly to [Dm]me butter[Am]fly




© Jeff Gilpin 2009

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

jets60's Website

  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
  • Posts: 6,205

Re: Little Butterfly

Hi Jeff,


I wrote a backing for this and then the next half hour just listening to it over and over. You seem to have a way of creating an atmosphere that I like immensely with your chord sequences. I was very taken with "She's Gone" and now I am with this too. It goes very well with your lyrics. Unfortunately next week looks like a busy time so I doubt I shall have a chance to give it the 'real works' till next weekend.


Well Done.


Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"

Roger Guppy's Website

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,069

Re: Little Butterfly

Just saw 'Little Butterfly' - everybody in my house is napping at the moment, so I'll have to wait till later to play it.  Great idea for a song and I like the lyric.  James

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

James McCormick's Website

  • badeye
  • The Blues Fixer
  • Offline
  • From: Cape Breton Island, Canada
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
  • Posts: 3,381

Re: Little Butterfly

hey jet 60. tried your song "Little Butterfly" pretty cool. tried it in a slow blues. keep it up i like it lol ...Badeye,

one caper after another
  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,521

Re: Little Butterfly

Thanks Badeye, glad you like it. It's a safe bet I'll post more songs. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">


Cheers,

Jeff/Jets

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

jets60's Website

  • Registered: 2007-01-07
  • Posts: 62

Re: Little Butterfly

hey i just tried to play this and really liked it,did it in a slow country kinda way.love the words.d x

  • From: Hendersonville, NC USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,521

Re: Little Butterfly

Hey Donna, glad you liked it. I like the sound of sad songs for some reason. Country is a good fit for it that's for sure.

J  E  T  S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C

jets60's Website