Key: D
Introduction:
D Cº G/E
Poor Butterfly
A7 Gº D D7M Bm
'Neath the blossoms waiting
D6 F#7
Poor Butterfly
B7
For she loved him so
B7 E7 A9 A7
The moments pass into hours
D D9 Bm
The hours pass into years
Bm7/A E4/7 E7 Em7
And as she smiles through her tears
G/B A4/7 A7
She murmurs low
D Cº G/E A7
The moon and I
Gº D D7M Bm
Know that he'll be faithful
D6 F#7 B7
I'm sure he'll come back, by and by
Em7 Gm
But if he don't come back
D D7M
Then I never sigh or cry
D Fº Em7
I just must die
A7 G/B A7 D
Poor Butterfly
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