Key: C major
Verse 1
E
C#m
E
B
E
There's a story
told of a little Japanese
Bsus4
E
Miss Butterfly, her name
Bsus4
B
E
A sweet little innocent child was she
Till a fine young American
C#m
B
Bsus4
E
D#
From the sea to her garden came
Gdim
G#m
F#m
They met neath the cherry
F#m
G#m
And he taught her to love
C#
E
the American way,
C#m
F#m
it was easy to learn.
G#m
C#
a promise to return.
Bm
B
C#m
F#m
Poor Butterfly
Aaug
F#m
Bm
B
E
Neath the blossoms waiting
A
E
C#m
A
G#
Poor butterfly,
G#m
C#
G#m
C#
for she loved him so.
C#m
F#m
The moments pass into hours
Bm
Bsus4
A
B
D#
The hours pass
G#
G#aug
C#m
into years
F#
C#
F#
And as she smiles through her tears,
C#m
F#m
C
Bm
she mur murs low,
B
F#m
Aaug
F#m
The moon and I know
Bm
B
E
that he is faithful
F#m
A
F#m
A
E
C#m
E
Bm
Bbdim
A
I'm sure he'll come to me,
G#
G#m
G#
C#
G#m
C#
by and by
G#dim
C#
F#m
G#m
But if he don't come back
A
D
E
G#m
I won't ever sigh or
Bbm
Adim
G#dim
cry
Gdim
F#m
C#
I just must die
Fdim
F#m
B
E
Poor butterfly
F#m
Bsus4
A
B
said the little Japanese,
C#
B
Tell him I'm waiting neath the
E
G#m
B
cherry blossom trees,
Bm
Bsus4
E
A
my sailor man to sea.
F#m
E
The bees and hummingbirds say they
B
E
Bm
guess every day that passes
B
Bsus4
A
makes one day less till he comes
Bsus4
D#aug
Gdim
to me.
G#m
F#m
G#m
A
For once butterfly gives her heart away.
G#m
G
She can never love again.
F#m
Bm
E
She is his forever.
A
F#m
For all of this world through ages to come.
D
F#m
So her face just smiles,
A
C#
F#m
B
though her heart is growing num b.
F#m
F#m
Aaug
C#
The moon and I know
F#m
B
E
that he is faithful
A
E
B
E
D#dim
F#m
Oh, we're sure he'll come to me,
A
G#
D#dim
G#
C#
G#m
C#
by an d by
G#dim
C#
F#m
Am
But if he don't come back,
D
E
Bbm
Adim
G#m
I won't ever sigh or cry
F#dim
F#m
I just must die
Poor Butterfly
E
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE C#m B G#m Bsus4...
More songs by Susannah McCorkle
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.8
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users