Hawaiian Butterfly Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays446

Hawaiian Butterfly by Henry Burr is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, Fm7, Gm, C7, Fm, Edim, Bb, C, Caug, Edim7, Cm, Ab, Bb7, D7, G, B7 and F7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Eb
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Intro:
 
Eb Fm7 Gm C7 Fm Gm Eb 
Eb Edim Bb Eb Edim Bb 

Eb  Edim Bb            Eb  Edim  Bb      
Somewhere   in Hawaii, I'm sen--ding a wire 
C       Bb (Caug  Edim7) Fm    C   Fm       
To some-one wait--ing    there for me 
(Gm Fm   Cm) Bb 
 A--mong the flowers 
(Ab  Gm     Bb7) Eb   Cm 
 She counts the  hou--rs 
Eb         D7                 G 
She simply carried my heart a-way 
D7    Bb  D7 G      D7    Bb 
And I say in dreams ev'ry day: 
Gm        Eb  Cm Eb 
Beautiful Hu--lu 
                    Bb7 Bb 
Down in dreamy Hono-lu--lu 
                     Bb7  Bb 
I am feeling so pec--ul---iar 
              Eb  B7 
Since I first met you 
Ab 
In a moonlit garden fair 
Gm 
Cupid, he is warden there 
Bb            F7             Bb 
Just like the flowers you're true 
                          Ab        Gm 
Waiting and dreaming in a garden of roses 
Eb   Cm   Eb                   Bb7  Bb 
Some-time in the bright Hawaii sun--shine 
                            Bb7 Bb 
Dear, I'm going to make you all mine 
            Eb   B7 
And that is just why 
Fm                        Eb    Cm   C         
Songbirds sing in tune to these words 
            Fm                      
When I come back some day 
      Gm 
We'll fly away 
   Fm     Gm     Eb 
Ha-waiian Butter-fly! 

Eb Edim Bb Eb Edim Bb 

Eb  Edim Bb                Eb Edim  Bb      
She an-----swered the wire I sent    to Hawaii 
C       Bb (Caug  Edim7) Fm    C   Fm       
To some-one wait--ing    there for me 
(Gm  Fm   Cm)  Bb 
 And since she told me 
(Ab Gm  Bb7) Eb    Cm 
 I  can see  plain-ly 
Eb         D7                 G 
Soon I'll be telling you all goodbye 
D7     Bb  D7  G  D7       Bb 
I must go, for I  love her so: 

Gm        Eb  Cm Eb 
Beautiful Hu--lu 
                    Bb7 Bb 
Down in dreamy Hono-lu--lu 
                     Bb7  Bb 
I am feeling so pec--ul---iar 
              Eb  B7 
Since I first met you 
Ab 
In a moonlit garden fair 
Gm 
Cupid, he is warden there 
Bb             F7            Bb 
Just like the flowers you're true 
                          Ab        Gm 
Waiting and dreaming in a garden of roses 
Eb   Cm   Eb                   Bb7  Bb 
Some-time in the bright Hawaii sun--shine 
                            Bb7 Bb 
Dear, I'm going to make you all mine 
            Eb   B7 
And that is just why 
Fm                        Eb    Cm   C         
Songbirds sing in tune to these words 
            Fm                      
When I come back some day 
      Gm 
We'll fly away 
   Fm     Gm     Eb 
Ha-waiian Butter-fly!  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante