Key: Ab major
Verse 1
A
D
A
D
A
There's a story
D
A
D
told of a little Japanese
Asus4
D
Sitting demurely be neath
D
A
D
A
Miss Butterfly her name
D
A
A sweet little innocent child was she
D
A
Till a fine young American
D
Asus4
from the sea
Verse 2
C#m
Bm
They met 'neath the cherry blossoms,
C#m
Bm
every day
Bsus4
Bm
C#m
in the American way
D
Bm
To love with a soul was easy
D
F#aug
And he sailed away with a
D
Esus4
promise to return
E
Verse 3
D
E
D
Bm
E
Poor Butterfly
A
E
A
'Neath the blossoms waiting
Ddim
Dm
Faug
C#
For she
Fdim
F#
C#
loved him so
Bm
E
The moments pass into hours
Fdim
G#
A
F#m
The hours pass into years
F#
B
And as she smiled through her tears
B
D
Bm
Verse 4
E
C#m
F#
Bm
D
F
E
The moon and I
Bm
C#
A
E
A
Knew that he'd be faithful
C#aug
Dm
C#
She knew he'd come
Fdim
C#
F#
C#m
F#
Caug
F#
To a by and by
Bm
G
But if he n'er came back
G#dim
A
C#m
She'd never sigh or cry
A
C#
Bm
D
She just would die
Fdim
A
Poor Butter fly
G
C#m
Faug
F
Interlude 1
Bm
E
A
E
A
F#m
A
C#
C#m
G#
D
C#
E
C#m
F#
C#m
F#
Bm
D
Fdim
A
E
C#m
F#m
Bm
F#sus4
Bm
Bsus4
B
Adim
E
Bm
E
C#m
F#
Bm
F#m
C#
E
Fdim
A
G#
Adim
C#
F#
Verse 5
Bm
G
he n'er came back
A
C#m
She'd never sigh or cry
A
C
Bm
D
She just would die
E
A
Poor Butterfly
Outro 1
A
Dm
A
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