Key: Ab major
Verse 1
C
F
C
F
C
There's a story
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C
F
told of a little Japanese
Csus4
F
Sitting demurely be neath
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C
F
C
Miss Butterfly her name
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C
A sweet little innocent child was she
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C
Till a fine young American
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Csus4
from the sea
Verse 2
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Dm
They met 'neath the cherry blossoms,
Em
Dm
every day
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Dm
Em
in the American way
F
Dm
To love with a soul was easy
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Aaug
And he sailed away with a
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Gsus4
promise to return
G
Verse 3
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G
F
Dm
G
Poor Butterfly
C
G
C
'Neath the blossoms waiting
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Fm
Abaug
E
For she
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A
E
loved him so
Dm
G
The moments pass into hours
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B
C
Am
The hours pass into years
A
D
And as she smiled through her tears
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F
Dm
Verse 4
G
Em
A
Dm
F
Ab
G
The moon and I
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E
C
G
C
Knew that he'd be faithful
Eaug
Fm
E
She knew he'd come
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E
A
Em
A
Ebaug
A
To a by and by
Dm
Bb
But if he n'er came back
Bdim
C
Em
She'd never sigh or cry
C
E
Dm
F
She just would die
Abdim
C
Poor Butter fly
Bb
Em
Abaug
Ab
Interlude 1
Dm
G
C
G
C
Am
C
E
Em
B
F
E
G
Em
A
Em
A
Dm
F
Abdim
C
G
Em
Am
Dm
Asus4
Dm
Dsus4
D
Cdim
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Dm
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Em
A
Dm
Am
E
G
Abdim
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B
Cdim
E
A
Verse 5
Dm
Bb
he n'er came back
C
Em
She'd never sigh or cry
C
Eb
Dm
F
She just would die
G
C
Poor Butterfly
Outro 1
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Fm
C
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