Poor Butterfly Chords
Poor Butterfly by Johnny Mathis 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/, 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 Gdim D D7M Bm
Poor Butterfly 'neath the blossoms waiting
D6 F#7 B7
Poor Butterfly, for she loved him so
B7 E7 A9 A7 D D9 Bm
The moments pass into hours, the hours pass into years
Bm7/A E4/7 E7 Em7 G/B A4/ A7
And as she smiles through her tears, she murmurs low
D Cdim G/E A7 Gdim D D7M Bm
The moon and I know that he'll be faithful
D6 F#7 B7
I'm sure he'll come back, by and by
Em7 Gm D D7M
But if he don't come back, then I never sigh or cry
D Fdim Em7 A7 G/B A7 D
I just must die. Poor Butterfly