Butterfly In Reverse
Counting Crows

Standard Tuning

The chord names and shapes I used: (EADGBE)
Cmaj7  - x32003    F#m    - 244222    D6      - xx0200
Asus2  - x02200    Asus2/C- x32200    Asus2/C#- x42200
A7sus2 - x02203    C      - x32010    Asus2/B - x22200
G      - 320003    Am     - x02210    Bm      - x24432
Dsus2  - xx0230    D      - xx0232    Gm      - 355333
Eb/Bb  - 66888x    F/C    - x33211    Dm/A    - 557765
D/A    - 55777x    E/B    - 77999x    A/E     - 002220
----------------------------------


Intro: (piano and guitar transcribed for guitar)
     C        Am       G
E-|--0---3----0---0----3------|-
B-|--1--------1--------3---3--|-
G-|--0--------2--------0------|-
D-|--2--------2--------0------|-
A-|--3--------0--------2------|-
E-|--------------------3------|-


Chorus:
Cmaj7           A7sus2           G
Mary-Ann you're better than the world 
     A7sus2             Cmaj7      G
They took a lot of time getting it right on this girl 
        Cmaj7           A7sus2           G
I said, Mary-Ann you're better than the world 
     Em                  Dsus2        Asus2
They did a lot of things right on this     girl 


Verse 1: (bar chords for odd lines - 1st and 3rd - open chords for even 
lines)
F#m             Bm          G             D
   Had a lot of girlfriends I should have known them
Am                   C                 G
Click your heels and count back from three 
F#m               Bm       G               D
   Do you want to go back? You should have known that 
    Am              C            G
the butterfly in reverse here is me 


Chorus 2:
Cmaj7           A7sus2           G
Mary-Ann you're better than the world 
     A7sus2             Cmaj7      G
They took a lot of time getting it right on this girl 
        Cmaj7           A7sus2           G
I said, Mary-Ann you're better than the world 
     Em                  D6            Asus2    Asus2/B Asus2/C 
Asus2/C#  D
They did a lot of things right on this girl 

*****
For the Interlude (below), to get a similar sound to the CD, pluck the 
bass note first, then strum through the rest of the chord.
Take the first chord as an example - pluck the Bb root note, then strum 
through the Eb chord.
*****

Interlude:
Eb/Bb                 F/C        Dm/A       Eb/Bb
  Where'd you want to go to with nothing beside you 
    D/A          E/B        A/E    ( <- strum these chords)
But webbing and curfews and rain
Eb/Bb                    F/C          Dm/A        Eb/Bb
     And everything that hurts you is locked up inside you
Am                                            Bm     ( <- strum)
like butterflies with wings and other perfect things 


Verse 2:
      F#m                Bm        G               D
We go    swimming in the sunshine, dangling from clotheslines 
Am           C         G
Separate and fall into me
F#m                  Bm      G        D
   But, did you ever see me? Me, absolutely 
Am          C              G
Me, but all you, but still me?


Chorus:
Cmaj7           A7sus2           G
Mary-Ann you're better than the world 
     A7sus2             Cmaj7      G
They took a lot of time getting it right on this girl 
        Cmaj7           A7sus2           G
I said, Mary-Ann you're better than the world 
     Em                  D6                   Asus2 
They did a lot of things right on this (girl) did a lot of things right 
on this 
Em                  Dsus2         Asus2     Asus2/B Asus2/C Asus2/C#  D
Did a lot of things right on this      girl

Tabbed by Neil (oxtoby@physics.uq.edu.au) on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 
July 2002