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G Em C D G
Eb|3-----0---------------0--------2---------------3-------------------|
Bb|3-----0---------------1--------3---------------3-------------------|
Gb|0-----0---------------0--------2---------------0-------------------|
Db|0-----2---------------2--------0---------------0-------------------|
Ab|2-----2---------------3------------------------2-------------------|
Eb|3-----0----------------------------------------3-------------------|
Yesterday I went outside, with my mamas mason jar.
Em C
Eb|-----------0---------0----0----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------0---------1-----3-1-0---0-1-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------0---------0-----------2---------------------------------|
Db|-----------2---------2---------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------2---------3---------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------0-------------------------------------------------------|
Caught a lovely butterfly.
G Em C D G
Eb|3--------0--------0------------2-------------3---------------------|
Bb|3--------0--------1------------3-------------3---------------------|
Gb|0--------0--------0------------2-------------0---------------------|
Db|0--------2--------2------------0-------------0---------------------|
Ab|2--------2--------3--------------------------2---------------------|
Eb|3--------0-----------------------------------3---------------------|
When I woke up today, looked in on my fairy pet.
Em C D
Eb|----------0-----------0---0-----------------------2----------------|
Bb|----------0-----------1-------3--1--0------0---1--3----------------|
Gb|----------0-----------0-----------------2---------2----------------|
Db|----------2-----------2---------------------------0----------------|
Ab|----------2-----------3--------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------0--------------------------------------------------------|
She had withered all away, no more sighing in her breast.
D G Em C
Eb|2---------------------3---------0------------0---------------------|
Bb|3---------------------3---------0------------1---------------------|
Gb|2---------------------0---------0------------0---------------------|
Db|0---------------------0---------2------------2---------------------|
Ab|----------------------2---------2------------3---------------------|
Eb|----------------------3---------0----------------------------------|
I`m sorry for what I did, I did what my body told me to
D G G7 C D
Eb|---2----------------3------------------3--------------0--------2---|
Bb|---3----------------3------------------3--------------1--------3---|
Gb|---2----------------0------------------4--------------0--------2---|
Db|---0----------------0------------------3--------------2--------0---|
Ab|--------------------2------------------5--------------3------------|
Eb|--------------------3------------------3---------------------------|
I didn't mean to do you harm. Every time I pin down what I think
G Em C
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Eb|---3----0--------------------0-------------0-----------------------|
Bb|---3------3-1-0--------------0-------------1-----------------------|
Gb|---0-------------------------0-------------0-----------------------|
Db|---0-------------------------2-------------2-----------------------|
Ab|---2-------------------------2-------------3-----------------------|
Eb|---3-------------------------0-------------------------------------|
I want, it slips away, there it goes, slips away.
G Em C D G
Eb|3---------0---------------0-------------2-------------3------------|
Bb|3---------0---------------1-------------3-------------3------------|
Gb|0---------0---------------0-------------2-------------0------------|
Db|0---------2---------------2-------------0-------------0------------|
Ab|2---------2---------------3---------------------------2------------|
Eb|3---------0-------------------------------------------3------------|
Smell you on my hand for days, i can't wash away your scent.
Em C
Eb|----------0----------------0----0----------------------------------|
Bb|----------0----------------1------3-1-0---0-1----------------------|
Gb|----------0----------------0------------2--------------------------|
Db|----------2----------------2---------------------------------------|
Ab|----------2----------------3---------------------------------------|
Eb|----------0--------------------------------------------------------|
Found my dog and you're a bitch.
G Em C D G
Eb|3--------0---------------0-----------2--------------3--------------|
Bb|3--------0---------------1-----------3--------------3--------------|
Gb|0--------0---------------0-----------2--------------0--------------|
Db|0--------2---------------2-----------0--------------0--------------|
Ab|2--------2---------------3--------------------------2--------------|
Eb|3--------0------------------------------------------3--------------|
I guess you're as real as me, maybe I can live with that.
Em C D
Eb|-------0-----------0---0-----------------------2-------------------|
Bb|-------0-----------1-------3--1--0-------0--1--3-------------------|
Gb|-------0-----------0-----------------2---------2-------------------|
Db|-------2-----------2---------------------------0-------------------|
Ab|-------2-----------3-----------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
Maybe I need fantasys, life of chasing butterfly.
D G Em C D
Eb|2---------------------3-------------0-----------0---------2--------|
Bb|3---------------------3-------------0-----------1---------3--------|
Gb|2---------------------0-------------0-----------0---------2--------|
Db|0---------------------0-------------2-----------2---------0--------|
Ab|----------------------2-------------2-----------3------------------|
Eb|----------------------3-------------0------------------------------|
I'm sorry for what I did, I didn't what my body told to I
G G7 C
Eb|-----------------------3-------3--------------------0--------------|
Bb|-----------------------3-------3--------------------1--------------|
Gb|-----------------------0-------4--------------------0--------------|
Db|-----------------------0-------3--------------------2--------------|
Ab|-----------------------2-------5--------------------3--------------|
Eb|-----------------------3-------3-----------------------------------|
didn't mean it to you harm. Every time I pin down what i
D G Em C
Eb|--------2-0------------3--------------0-----------0----------------|
Bb|--------3--310-0-------3--------------0-----------1----------------|
Gb|--------2-----2--------0--------------0-----------0----------------|
Db|--------0--------------0--------------2-----------2----------------|
Ab|-----------------------2--------------2-----------3----------------|
Eb|-----------------------3--------------0----------------------------|
think I want it slips away, there it goes, slips away.
G Em C D G
Eb|3-------0--------------0------------2---------------3--------------|
Bb|3-------0--------------1------------3---------------3--------------|
Gb|0-------0--------------0------------2---------------0--------------|
Db|0-------2--------------2------------0---------------0--------------|
Ab|2-------2--------------3----------------------------2--------------|
Eb|3-------0-------------------------------------------3--------------|
I told you I would return, when the Robin makes his nest.
G Em C G
Eb|3--------0--------------0-------1-------------3--------------------|
Bb|3--------0--------------1---------3-1-0-------3--------------------|
Gb|0--------0--------------0-----0---------2-----0--------------------|
Db|0--------2--------------2---------------------0--------------------|
Ab|2--------2--------------3----3----------------2--------------------|
Eb|3--------0------------------------------------3--------------------|
But I ain't never comin back, I'm sorry,
Em C G
Eb|----------0-----------------0---------------3----------------------|
Bb|----------0-----------------1---------0-----3----------------------|
Gb|----------0-----------------0----------2----0----------------------|
Db|----------2-----------------2---------------0----------------------|
Ab|----------2-----------------3---------------2----------------------|
Eb|----------0---------------------------------3----------------------|
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Alexxx <3 Lead Player |
#1 by Alexxx <3 at Jan 17, 1972 at 4:30 AM EST |
| if you really listen to these lyrics... it seems like he forced himself on some girl... "I'm sorry for what I did, I did what my body told me to, I didn't mean to do you harm..." see? and then she called him a dog... anyway, i love WEEZER! | |
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duncan_player Wanna Be |
#2 by duncan_player at Dec 9, 1972 at 8:24 PM EST |
| Best Weezer song ever IMO I love this song i think both the lyrics and the way that they are sung are really just amazing | |
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Razzle Wanna Be |
#3 by Razzle jester at Jun 21, 1974 at 12:53 PM EST |
| Times in our lives when we try associate an event in our lives to a song. This does it for me, I totaly agree with JustChutUp, with thier translation of the song. Thats is how I feel. An apology is all you can ask for, and hope that the other person is forgiving. | |
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Bobby Lead Player |
#4 by Bobby Parker at Jul 27, 1975 at 2:35 PM EST |
| To date, this, along with Across the Sea and Only In Dreams, is one of the only songs by Weezer that can make me cry uncontrollably. It is, at the simplest, a song about love lost. We've all seen it; one person loves the other way too much and it causes the other to run away, leaving the lover alone, and with nothing to cling to. I have experienced it; it is the most crippling feeling that I have ever felt and that most people will ever feel. That is life for the rejected; often, they feel that they would be better of chasing butterflies (beautiful girls). And in the end, it seems like the narrator has decided to end his quest and give up, meaning death or otherwise. Beautifully poignant and heartbreaking. Any way that you put it, it's an amazing piece of work by a superb songwriter. Let us hope that Rivers can go back to this quality of writing. | |
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cody Rhythm Player |
#5 by cody watts at Mar 14, 1977 at 10:12 AM EST |
| Okay, I do agree that he and the girl did something together, something they regret...maybe they had sex and she got pregnant, or something like that...it's definitely a tragic song. The ghost slips away... | |
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Freddy Badass |
#6 by Freddy Timmons at Dec 25, 1979 at 8:16 AM EST |
| This song is about a kid catching a butterfly, and he falls in love with the butterfly, and it dies because he didn't nurture it properly. He then remembers how much fun him and his faerie friend had. An innocent child's tale. WEEZER IS COOL BECAUSE THEY ARE | |
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taris Average |
#7 by taris leoncho at May 9, 1994 at 3:01 PM EST |
| To date, this, along with Across the Sea and Only In Dreams, is one of the only songs by Weezer that can make me cry uncontrollably. It is, at the simplest, a song about love lost. We've all seen it; one person loves the other way too much and it causes the other to run away, leaving the lover alone, and with nothing to cling to. I have experienced it; it is the most crippling feeling that I have ever felt and that most people will ever feel. That is life for the rejected; often, they feel that they would be better of chasing butterflies (beautiful girls). And in the end, it seems like the narrator has decided to end his quest and give up, meaning death or otherwise. Beautifully poignant and heartbreaking. Any way that you put it, it's an amazing piece of work by a superb songwriter. Let us hope that Rivers can go back to this quality of writing. | |
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J_ROC Lead Player |
#8 by J_ROC at Feb 16, 2003 at 11:55 AM EST |
| After reading weez0268's post he has to be right. Thanks for clearing that up. | |
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