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The Jam

The Butterfly Collector

by The Jam
The Jam

Biography:

punk and mod group formed in Woking, UK, in 1976 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender). Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK history.

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The Jam

Other songs:

  • That's Entertainment
  • Town Called Malice
  • To Be Someone
  • A Bomb In Wardour Street
  • Absolute Beginners
  • All Around The World
  • All Mod Cons
  • Art School
  • Away From The Numbers
  • Beat Surrender
  • Billy Hunt
  • Boy About Town
  • Burning Sky
  • But Im Different Now
  • Carnaby Street
  • Carnation
  • David Watts
  • Disguises
  • Dont Tell Them Youre Sane
  • Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
  • Dream Time
  • Endless Love
  • English Rose
  • Eton Rifles
  • Funeral Pyre
  • Ghosts
  • Give Me Just A Little More Time
  • Going Underground
  • Happy Together
  • Heatwave
  • Here Comes The Weekend
  • I Got By In Time
  • I Need You For Someone
  • In The City
  • In The Crowd
  • In The Midnight Hour
  • In The Street Today
  • Its Too Bad
  • Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero
  • Just Who Is The Five O Clock Hero
  • Kilos Kabataan
  • Life From A Window
  • Liza Radley
  • London Girl
  • London Traffic
  • Man In The Corner Shop
  • Modern World
  • Mr Clean
  • News Of The World
  • Non Stop Dancing
  • Pity Poor Alfie
  • Planners Dream Goes Wrong
  • Precious
  • Private Hell
  • Reach Out Ill Be There
  • Saturdays Kids
  • Slow Down
  • Smithers Jones
  • So Sad About Us
  • Sounds From The Street
  • Standards
  • Start
  • Strange Town
  • Sweet Soul Music
  • Tales From The Riverbank
  • Thats Entertainment
  • The Bitterest Pill
  • The Butterfly Collector
  • The Combine
  • The Gift
  • The Modern World
  • The Night
  • The Place I Love
  • The Planners Dream Goes Wrong
  • Thick As Thieves
  • This Is The Modern World
  • To Be
  • Tonight At Noon
  • War
  • Wasteland
  • When Youre Young
  • Worlds Apart

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[Chords]
Em (022000)
Bm (x24432)
Am (x02210)
G (320033)
A (x02220)
C (x32010)
F (133211)

[Intro]
Em
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|------0---------0------|
D|----2---2-----2---2----| (x2)
A|-----------------------|
E|---0---------0---------|

[Verse 1]
Em Bm
So you finally got what you wanted
Bm Am Bm Am Bm Em
You've Achieved your aim by making the walking lame
Em Bm
And when you just can't get any higher
Bm Am Bm Am Bm Em
You use your senses to suss out this weeks climber
Em Bm
And the small fame that you've acquired
Bm Am Bm
Has brought you into cult status
Am Bm Em
But to me your still a collector

[Chorus 1]
G A C G
There's Tarts and Whores but you're much more
G A C G
You're A Different kind 'cause you want there minds
G A C G
And you just don't care 'cause you've got no pride
G A C G
It's just a face on your pillowcase
F Em
That thrills you

[Verse 2]
Em Bm
And you started to looking much older
Bm Am Bm Am Bm Em
And your fashion sense is second rate like your perfume
Em Bm
But to you in your little dream world
Bm Am Bm Am Bm Em
You're still the queen of the butterfly collectors

[Chorus 2]
G A C G
As you carry on 'cause it's all you know
G A
You can't light a fire
C G
You can't cook or sew
G A C G
You get from day to day by filling you head
G A C G
But surely you must know the appeal between you legs
F Em
Has worn off

[Verse 3]
Em Bm
And I don't care about morals
Bm Am Bm Am
Bm Em
'Cause the world's insane and we're all to blame anyway
Em Bm
And I don't feel any sorrow
Bm Am Bm Am
Bm Em
Towards the kings and queens of the butterfly collectors

[Chorus 3]
G A C G
There's tarts and whores but you're much more
G A C G
You're a different kind 'cause you want their minds
G A C G
And you just don't care 'cause you've got no pride
G A C G
It's just a face on your pillowcase
F D
That thrills you

[Chorus 4]
G A C G
As you carry on 'cause it's all you know
G A
You can't light a fire
C G
You can't cook or sew
G A C G
You get from day to day by filling you head
G A C G
But surely you must know the appeal between you legs
F Em
Has worn off

[Outro]
Em Bm
And I don't feel any sorrow
Bm Am Bm Bm
Am Em
Towards the kings and queens of the butterfly collectors




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