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27th February 2001, 9.49pm
THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR by THE JAM
Written by Paul Weller
Wicked B-side to the wicked single 'Strange Town' (Polydor, POSP 34, 1979)
Chords used:
Em:  07500x    C:  x32013
Am7: 575xxx    F:  133211
Bm7: 797xxx    D:  xx0232
G:   320033
A:   x02220
INTRO:
Em
--------------|--------------|
--------------|--------------|
--------------|--------------| (x2)
--------5-----|--------5-----|
-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|
--0-----------|--0-----------|
VERSE:
Em                            Bm7
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------5-----|--------5-----|--------7-----|--------7-----|--|
-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|-----9-----9--|-----9-----9--|--|
--0-----------|--0-----------|--7-----------|--7-----------|--|
Am7            Bm7            Am7            Bm7
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------5-----|--------7-----|--------5-----|--------7-----|--|
-----7-----7--|-----9-----9--|-----7-----7--|-----9-----9--|--|
--5-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--7-----------|--|
Em
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------5-----|--|
-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|--|
--0-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--0-----------|--|
REPEAT VERSE THREE TIMES
CHORUS:
G              A              C        G        D
--3-----3--3--|--0-----0--0--|--3--3-----3--|-----2--2--2--|--|
--3-----3--3--|--2-----2--2--|--1--1-----3--|-----3--3--3--|--|
--0-----0--0--|--2-----2--2--|--0--0-----0--|-----2--2--2--|--| (x4)
--0-----0--0--|--2-----2--2--|--2--2-----0--|-----0--0--0--|--|
--2-----2--2--|--0-----0--0--|--3--3-----2--|--------------|--|
--3-----3--3--|--------------|-----------3--|--------------|--|
--1--1--1--1--|-----1--1--1--|--|
--1--1--1--1--|-----1--1--1--|--|
--2--2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--|--|
--3--3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|--|
--3--3--3--3--|-----3--3--3--|--|
--1--1--1--1--|-----1--1--1--|--|
REPEAT INTRO
REPEAT VERSE
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO
REPEAT VERSE
REPEAT CHORUS
then...
D
--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2-----|--|
--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3-----|--|
--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2-----|--|
--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0-----|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO
Em                            Bm7
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------5-----|--------5-----|--------7-----|--------7-----|--|
-----7-----7--|-----7-----7--|-----9-----9--|-----9-----9--|--|
--0-----------|--0-----------|--7-----------|--7-----------|--|
Am7            Bm7            Am7            Em
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|--|
--------5-----|--------7-----|--5-----------|--5-----------|--|
-----7-----7--|-----9-----9--|-----7--5--7--|--7-----------|--|
--5-----------|--7-----------|--------------|--0-----------|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
-------5h7p5--|--------------|--|
--------------|--7-----------|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
Note:  The chorus is just a guess cos the guitars pretty low on the
record - it sounds okay on guitar though.  Oh, and the last
two bars are played by the bass but if you're playing on your
own it finishes the song off properly. Have fun.  Bye!

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sir Average	#1 by Sir Taco at Oct 22, 1974 at 2:44 PM EST
	this song has to be the best b side of all time and showcases paul wellers cynical and cutting lyrics. How can a man that writes songs as good as this just 3 years later decides that the bitterest pill is the way forward for the band.

No Picture matt Wanna Be	#2 by matt jenkinns at Mar 1, 1979 at 9:48 PM EST
	don't piss off Paul Weller or he'll write a song like this about you....

No Picture Jess Wanna Be	#3 by Jess at Sep 28, 1979 at 8:16 PM EST
	Wonder if they're still friends?

No Picture chris Average	#4 by chris - at Nov 30, 1982 at 11:56 PM EST
	This was on the b-side of 'Strange Town' and is about groupies. I love the way the song seems to quietly seethe with anger through each verse and then suddenly explodes into the chorus with barely a single drum beat as forewarning. Magnificent! 1

No Picture Natalie Average	#5 by Natalie at Feb 10, 2007 at 7:57 AM EST
	To me this song is about someone who sleeps around and wants not only notches on their bedposts... but also wants the souls and minds of the people that they're sleeping with. They don't care who they are because they're just faces on a pillow. The butterfly collector has no talents, other than between the sheets, but this is starting to wear off... someone that uses the men or stars she's with to get what and where she wants in life... a social climber.

No Picture Lamb Of God Wor Average	#6 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Aug 27, 2007 at 6:15 AM EST
	"How can a man that writes songs as good as this just 3 years later decides that the bitterest pill is the way forward for the band." A great question, his dad, the executives at polydor? At this point I still think the band saw eye to eye.