G              Bm
A moth is not a butterfly
C                D
And I know why, I know why
G                Bm
It kind of makes you want to cry
C                     D      G
That a moth is not a butterfly

[Verse 1]
Em                        Bm
But some are happy in the bluest sky
Em                 Am
And others search in the dark of night
Em                Bm
And sadness is a silent right
Am              D       E
A moth is not a butterfly

[Chorus 2]
G              Bm
A stone is not a grain of sand
C                    D
It's hard, I guess, to understand
G              Bm
Both broken parts scatter the land
C                 D           G
A stone is not a grain of sand

[Verse 2]
Em                   Bm
And one has lived for longer still
Em                Am
The other longs to break until
Em                   Bm
The wind can lift it in its hand
Am                D           E
A stone is not a grain of sand

[Chorus 3]
G              Bm
A desert's not a mountainside
C                D
And I know why, I know why
G              Bm
'cause one is vast and one divides
C               D           G
A desert's not a mountainside

[Verse 3]
Em                     Bm
'cause one has need for open space
Em                  Am
The other simply in its place
Em                  Bm
It must be known far and wide
Am                     D        E
That a desert's not a mountainside

[Chorus 4]
G              Bm
A moth is not a butterfly
C               D
And I know why, I know why
G              Bm
It kind of makes you want to cry
C                    D          G
That a moth is not a butterfly