Buttercup (tabs)

Lyrics & Info	Tabs	Performances (3)

Buttercup
Tabbed by	Jessica
Tuning	Standard
Capo	None

There are a couple unusual chords:
D* - x54030
E* - x76057

Use a travis picking pattern throughout

VERSE:
D* 
Gee your mom looked
     C         Cmaj7  
Like shit last night 
D*
Hope that Tinkertoy 
C                   Cmaj7 
Boyfriend tonks her right 
D* 
Then again I could never tell
  C              Cmaj7   
A fist fight from fun
     G - G/B - Em  
Maybe I've never really known anyone
D*                 C           Cmaj7
Just sat still and spit in the fire 
D*
I thought I might strangle you
     C               Cmaj
But I couldn't find a wire 
D*
You've never been the type 
  C                 Cmaj7
To make your heart clear 
G -  G/B -  Em
Lest someone overhear

CHORUS
D - A - G 
Words dro-own 
D - A - F - G - D
in your martini glass
D          F        
Entire sentences 
C - D* - E*
slowly drunken up
    G
But before they slipped away I swore I
A
could've heard them say
           D     A             G
You wanted me to be your buttercup
        D          A             G
Say you need me to be your buttercup

VERSE:
The party reached a feverish pitch 
Good time soldiers 
Drunk and in a ditch 
Infidelity a bomb that went off 
That left the world 
To swerve and cough
Stepped over bodies 
Strewn like shipwrecks 
Love's last call 
Warning puke reflex 
Faith is for that frozen few 
That never met 
Someone quite like you

CHORUS:
Words drown in your martini glass 
Entire sentences slowly drunken up 
But before they slipped away 
I swore I could've heard them say 
You wanted me to be your buttercup 
Say you need me to be your buttercup

BRIDGE:
A
Fish don't know they're short 
               G
They just feel sideways 
    A
And words to you are 
                   G
Just the same they shy away 
     C
When legs and limbs are all tucked in 
                              G
You pull me close to you come night 
    C
And I'm just like a fleshy fruit 
                               G
that hung like a bow from your side 
     A
Your lips may not sell or say what your eyes give away 
                        D
You're sweet as pumpkin pie

VERSE:
I take the keys 
From your hand that stutters up 
Let the night air sober you up 
Driving home you make me pull over
You press my hand gently
As a four leaf clover
You say sweetheart
I'm a foolish man
I'm ornery and I'm stubborn
Like my coffee from a can 
But without you I would 
Shrivel up and die 

G - G/B - Em
Won't you be my 
Won't you be my
Won't you be my...

CHORUS
Words drown in your martini glass 
Entire sentences slowly drunken up 
But before they slipped away 
I swore I could've heard them say 
You wanted me to be your buttercup 
Say you need me to be your buttercup
Tell me you need me 
To be your buttercup 
Your buttercup 
Ducks, shnucks, shlucks, shucks