Jan192023

Arcesia – Butterfly Mind Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Butterfly Mind chords by Arcesia on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D5 Cm Bb6 D7 Gm

[Verse 1]
Bb
Butterfly mind
Am
Idling away the hours
Eb
Going from flower to flower
D7
For your nectar's
    Gm    Gb   Gm
 desire

[Verse 2]
Bb
Butterfly mind
Am
Lovely wings don't lie
Eb
Don't try to fly too high
D7
There's a limit to
       Gm  G
 your sky

[Bridge 1]
Bb               Ebm
Don't let a wasp grab you
Bb               Ebm
Don't let a hand nab you
Bb                     Ebm
Don't let a net get you
Gb
And make you a
 beautiful dead thing
Gb                        Bb
For all his friends to see

[Chorus]
      F
You'd cry for your
Bb             F
 sleeping beauty
Bb        F    Bb
And you'd fly away
F           Bb
Leaving the desire
    F           Bb
of nectar there
     F           Bb
Till another day
C              F
When you'll know
         F
The limit of your sky

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Bridge 2]
E7                  A
And time shows you why
Amaj7      A7
No wasp or hand can get you
D         Dm
No net can set you
 A  Asus  A
        A    Amaj7
In the display of an
     A7
 endless dream
           D
That will come
      Dm  A  Asus  A
true

[Intro]
D5   Cm
Awaken out of the
            Bb6
 second coccoon
            D7
Not as the glamorous
 mistress
         Gm
In the mansion of a tycoon

[Verse 3]
           Bb
Living on liqueur and pills
Am
Entombed in a room
          Eb
 that's so far out
         D7                Gm
But not as far out as you
    Gm
Alive and so lovely

[Verse 4]
Bb
All your friends will find
Am
From the start
Eb                         D7
What they say only belongs
              Gm
To your honey bee
       Gm
That I hope is me

[Outro]
Eb
Who loves your
          D7
butterfly heart
         Gm        Gb   Gm
And your butterfly mind

How to play Butterfly Mind: key, chords and progression

Butterfly Mind by Arcesia is centred on G minor (two flats: B♭, E♭). The song uses 20 chords: D5, Cm, Bb6, D7, Gm, Bb, Am, Eb, Gb, G, Ebm and F and 8 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Gm – Bb – Am – Eb (i – III – ii – VI in G minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Cm, Bb6, Gm, Bb and Eb are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.