IntroEm
Mama told me not to waste my life
C
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
D
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
C
And if they give you shhh
D
Then they can walk on by
VerseEm
My feet, feet can't touch the ground
C
And I can't hear a sound
D
But you just keep on running up your mouth yeah
Em
Walk, walk on over there
CD
'Cause I'm too fly to care, oh yeah
Pre-ChorusEmD
Your words don't mean a thing
C
I'm not listening
D
Keep talking, all I know is
ChorusEm
Mama told me not to waste my life
C
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
D
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
C
And they can't detain you
E
Coz wings are made to fly
G
And we don't let nobody bring us down
D
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
C
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
Em
These wings are made to fly
VerseEm
I'm firing up on that runway
C
I know we're gonna get there someday
D
But we don't need no ready steady go, no
Em
Talk, talk turns into air
CD
And I don't even care, oh yeah
Pre-ChorusEmD
Your words don't mean a thing
C
I'm not listening
D
Keep talking, all I know is
ChorusEm
Mama told me not to waste my life
C
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
D
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
C
And they can't detain you
E
Coz wings are made to fly
G
And we don't let nobody bring us down
D
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
C
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
Em
These wings are made to fly
BridgeEm
I don't need no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey
C
I don't hear no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey
Em
You'd better keep on walking
C
I don't wanna hear your talking - boy'd
Em
You better keep on walking
C
I don't wanna hear your talking - boy'd
Pre-ChorusEmD
Your words don't mean a thing
C
I'm not listening
D
They're just like water off my wings
ChorusEm
Mama told me not to waste my life
C
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
D
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
C
And they can't detain you
E
Coz wings are made to fly
G
And we don't let nobody bring us down
D
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
C
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
Em
These wings are made to fly
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.