Key: Ab major
Verse 1
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
There's a story
Bb
F
Bb
told of a little Japanese
Fsus4
Bb
Sitting demurely be neath
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F
Bb
F
Miss Butterfly her name
Bb
F
A sweet little innocent child was she
Bb
F
Till a fine young American
Bb
Fsus4
from the sea
Verse 2
Am
Gm
They met 'neath the cherry blossoms,
Am
Gm
every day
Gsus4
Gm
Am
in the American way
Bb
Gm
To love with a soul was easy
Bb
Daug
And he sailed away with a
Bb
Csus4
promise to return
C
Verse 3
Bb
C
Bb
Gm
C
Poor Butter fly
F
C
F
'Neath the blossoms waiting
Bbdim
Bbm
Dbaug
A
For she
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D
A
loved him so
Gm
C
The moments pass into hours
Dbdim
E
F
Dm
The hours pass into years
D
G
And as she smiled through her tears
G
Bb
Gm
Verse 4
C
Am
D
Gm
Bb
Db
C
The moon and I
Gm
A
F
C
F
Knew that he'd be faithful
Aaug
Bbm
A
She knew he'd come
Dbdim
A
D
Am
D
Abaug
D
To a by and by
Gm
Eb
But if he n'er came back
Edim
F
Am
She'd never sigh or cry
F
A
Gm
Bb
She just would die
Dbdim
F
Poor Butter fly
Eb
Am
Dbaug
Db
Interlude 1
Gm
C
F
C
F
Dm
F
A
Am
E
Bb
A
C
Am
D
Am
D
Gm
Bb
Dbdim
F
C
Am
Dm
Gm
Dsus4
Gm
Gsus4
G
Fdim
C
Gm
C
Am
D
Gm
Dm
A
C
Dbdim
F
E
Fdim
A
D
Verse 5
Gm
Eb
he n'er came back
F
Am
She'd never sigh or cry
F
Ab
Gm
Bb
She just would die
C
F
Poor Butterfly
Outro 1
F
Bbm
F
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