Chords for Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly (Original Complete Version)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ You might wake up [Em] some _ morning _
_ [A] to the sound of [B] something moving [A] past your window in the wind [F#m] _ and
_ _ [Em] If you're quick [A] enough to rise you'll catch [Em] the fleeting [A] glimpse of _ someone's fading _ shadow _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ out on the new
[Em] _ _ [B] Horizon [Em] _ _ [A] you may see the [Em] floating motion [A]
of a distant pair of wings
[F#m] _
_ _ And [Em] if the sleep has [A] left your ears you [Em] might hear footsteps [A] running through an open meadow
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Don't [Em] be _ concerned
[A] _ _ It will not harm you
_ It's only [B] me [A] pursuing _ something.
I'm not sure [F#m] of
_ _ across [Em] my _
[A] _ dreams
with nets of _ wonder [B] I
_ [Em] Chase the bright [A] elusive
_ _ [F#m] butterfly of _ love
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ You might have heard [Em] my _ footsteps
_ _ [A] Echo _ softly in [Em] the distance [A] through the _ canyons of your _ [F#m] mind.
_ I
[Em] Might have even [A] called your name as [Em] I ran searching [A] after _ something to believe [F#m] in _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ Though it's too _ late [Em] for changing _ _ _ _
[A] _ Someday you might [Em] look back _
[A] exploring times you left behind
[F#m] _
_ _ If you [Em] remember [A] something there that [Em] glided past you [A] followed close by heavy _ breathing _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Don't [Em] be _ concerned
[A] _ It will not harm [D] you.
It's [Em] only me [A] pursuing something.
I'm not sure of
[F#m] _ _ across [B] my _ [A] dreams
with nets of wonder [B] I
_ Chase [Em] the bright [A] elusive
_ _ [F#m] butterfly of love
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ My name is not [Em] worth _ knowing
_ _ [A] It's enough to know [Em] I'm just [A] a willing [D] slave to something free
_ _ [A] You might [Em] have seen me [A] once or twice between [Em] the walls of [A] grown-up tears and _ [D] children's laughter _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ You might have seen [Em] me running
_ _ _ _ [A]
through the long abandoned [B] _ ruins [A] of someone [F#m] you used to be and
_ If you [Em] felt the [A] brief caress of [Em] wings that fluttered [A] past was something [F#m] running after
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Don't be [F#] _ _
[A] concerned
_ Will not harm you
It's [Em] only me [A] pursuing _ something.
I'm not sure of
[F#m] _ _ across [F#] my _
[A] _ dreams
with nets of wonder [B] I
_ _ [Em] Chase the bright [A] elusive
_ _ [F#m] butterfly of love
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ The morning _ _ [Em] Sun is _ nodding
_ _ [A] to the prisoner [Em] underneath whose [D] restless questions are his bars and
[A] _
[Em] All the [B] clouds [A] between the two look [Em] down _ [A] bewildered as what he blindly _ _ [F#m] follows _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ You might have stood [Em] in _ silence
_ _ [A]
And heard _ [Em] symphonies of wandering [A] and wondered who's they _ [F#m] are
_ Their _ [B] compositions [A] of a madman [Em] trying hard to build a part of him that's [F#m] hollow _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Don't be [Em] _ concerned
[A] _ It will [D] not harm you
_ It's [Em] only me [A] pursuing something.
I'm [D] not sure of
_ _ [A] across [Em] my _
_ [A] dreams
with nets of wonder [B] I
_ _ [Em] Chase the bright [A] elusive
_ _ [F#m] butterfly [D] of love
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The open _ _ eyes [B] of evening
_ [Em] _ _ _ [A]
Watch the penny [Em] ante
_ festival [A] of fools below the moon
[D] _
_ _ [A] The clumsy [Em] Joker [A]
tries in vain to catch the prize before a thousand laughing princess
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ the night gives way [Em] to morning _ and
_ [A] _ _ Returns to [Em] bring the darkness [A] on the heels of _ afternoon
[D] _ _ But [B] if the night should [A] bring the feeling [Em] of a distant [A] game of tag [D] upon your _ senses
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Don't [Em] be _ _ [A] concerned
_ Will not harm you
_ It's [Em] only me [A] pursuing something.
I'm not sure of
[F#m] _ _ across [B] my _ _ [A] dreams
with nets of _ wonder [B] _ I
[Em] Chase the bright [A] elusive
_ butterfly [Bm] of love
_ I [Em]
chase the bright _ [A] elusive _
[D] butterfly of love _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _