Bullet with Butterfly Wings — Smashing Pumpkins

Chords and lyrics for Bullet with Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins (key of F#m).

Verse 1

[A#]The world is a vampire, sent to drain, [Fm][A#]secret destroyers.
Hold you up to the flames, [F#maj7]and why do I [G#m7]get for [A#][F#maj7]my pay?
[Fm/G#]Yeah, yeah, [A#]yeah, but [F#maj7]trade desires, [A#]and [D#m]a piece of a [A#]game.
[F#maj7]Even [A#]though I know [F#maj7]I suppose I'll show all my cool and cool like a joke.

Chorus 1

[Fm7/G#]Spider [A#]my [F#]rage, I [C#]am still just [Emaj7]a rat in a cage.
[F#]Spider [A#]my [F#]rage, I [C#m]am still just a rat [D#m]in a cage.
Someone will [F#m]say what it's [C#m]lost can never [G#m]be saved.
[F#m]Spider [A#m]my rage, [F#m]I am still [C#]just [G#]a rat in a [D#m]cage.

Interlude

[F#] [Emaj7] [G#]

Verse 2

Now [F]I'm naked, nothing [A#][F#maj7]but an animal.
But can you fake [Fm7]it for [A#]just one more show?
And what do you want?
I want to change.
[D#m]Yeah, yeah, what do you [G#m]got when [A#]you feel the same?
Even though I know I suppose I'll show all my cool and cool like a joke.

Chorus 2

[Fm7/G#]Spider [A#]my [F#]rage, I am [C#m]still just a rat [G#m]in a cage.
[F#]Spider [A#]my [F#]rage, I am [C#m]still just [G#]a rat in a cage.
[F#]Someone will say what it's [Amaj7]lost can never [G#]be saved.
[D#m][F#]Spider my rage, [C#]I am still just a [G#]rat in a cage.

Interlude 2

[D] [Bmaj7] [Emaj7] [D#] [F#maj7] [Emaj7] [D#m] [C] [G#m]

Bridge

Tell me [F#m]out the all they [G#m]want.
Tell [D#m]me there's no other one.
[G#maj7][Emaj7]Jesus wasn't [F#]all [D#]they wanted.
Tell me [Gmaj7/F#]out the chosen [D#m]one.
Jesus wasn't [F#]all [G#]they're some for you.
[D#] [F#maj7/F]

Chorus 3

Spider my [F#]rage, I am still [C#]just a [G#]rat in a cage.
[D#/A#][F#]Spider my rage, I am still [C#]just a [G#/D#]rat in a cage.
[D#][F#]Someone will say what it's lost [C#]can never [G#]be saved.
[D#m/A#][F#]Spider my rage, I am still [C#]just a rat [G#/D#]in a cage.

Chorus 4

[F#]Spider [D#m]my rage, [F#]I [C#]am still just a [G#m]rat in a [A#]cage.
[F#] [G#] [Amaj7] [A#] [G#m7/F#] [F#] [G#] [A#] [F#m] [C#] [G#]

Outro

Tell [A#]me [D#m]out the [F#]only [C#]one.
[Amaj7]Tell [A#m]me there's [F#]no other [C#]one.
[G#]Jesus [A#maj7]wasn't [F#]all [C#]they're some [G#]for you.
[A#][F#][C#][G#]I [A#m7]still believe that [F#]I [C#m]cannot be saved.
[G#m] [A#] [F#m] [C#m] [Emaj7/G#] [A#m] [F#m] [G#] [A#maj7] [F#] [C#m] [Emaj7/G#] [Gmaj7/F#] [F] [E] [G#m]

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