Butterfly on a wheel
(1990)
C - Am - F -
Em
C Am
1. Silver and gold, and it's growing cold,
F Em
autumn
leaves lay as thick as thieves.
C Am
Shivers down your spine, chill you to the
bone,
F Em
’cause the mandling wind is the melody that turns your heart to stone.
C Am
2. The heat of your breath carvin’ shadows in
the mist,
F Em
every
angel has the wish, she's never been kissed.
C
Am
A broken
dream, haunting in your sleep.
F Em
hiding
in your smile, a secret you must keep, love cuts you deep.
Am Em
Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel,
F Em
love breaks the wings of a
butterfly on a wheel.
C Am
3. There's no scarlet in you, lay a fair down for me,
F Em
sure has got me twined, you can't wrap you arms around a
memory.
C Am
Take warmth from me, cold
autumn winds cut sharp as a knife,
F Em
but
in the dark for me you're the candle flame that flickers to light.
Am Em
Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel,
F
Em
love breaks the wings of a
butterfly on a wheel.
Am Em
Love will break the wings of a butterfly on a wheel,
F
Em
love breaks the wings of a
butterfly on a wheel.
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- Em
C Am
4. Wise men say all is fair in love and war,
F
and
there's no right or wrong in the design of love,
Em
and I
could only watch as the wind crushed your wings.
C Am
Broken and torn, crushed like
a flower under the snow,
F Em
and
like the flower in the spring, love will rise again to heal your wings.
Am
Em
Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel,
F
Em
love will heal the wings of a
butterfly on a wheel.
Am
Em
Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel,
F
Em
love will heal the wings of a
butterfly on a wheel.
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- Em (3x) ….
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The
Mission)