Poor Butterfly Chords
by Carmen McRae
Poor Butterfly by Carmen McRae is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Cdim, G/E, A7, Gdim, D7M, Bm, D6, F#7, B7, E7, A9, D9, Bm7/A, E4/7, Em7, G/B, A4/7, Gm and Fdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D Cdim G/E A7
Poor Butterfly 'neath
Gdim D D7M Bm
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 Cdim G/E A7
The moon and I
Gdim 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 Fdim Em7
I just must die
A7 G/B A7 D
Poor Butterfly