Chords for Cecile McLorin Salvant - Poor Butterfly

_ _ There's a story [Abm] told [Eb]
of a [Gb] little Japanese
[B] _ Sitting demurely neath the cherry blossom trees
[E] Miss [B] Butterfly is her [D] name
_ A sweet little innocent child was she
Till a fine [Eb] young American [Bm] from the south
[Abm] _ _ [Ebm] To her God _
_ _ _ _ They met beneath the cherry blossoms every day
And he [Bb] taught her how to love the American way
[Ebm] To love with her _ _ _ _ was easy to learn
_ Then he sailed away _ with a promise _ _ _ _ _
_ Poor _ _ Butter _
_ _ _ Neath the blossoms waiting _
Poor _ Butterfly
_ For she loves him so
The moments passed into hours
The hours passed into years
And while she smiled through her tears
_ She _ murmurs,
Lo, _ _ the _ moon and I
_ _ Know that he'll [Gbm] be [D] faithful
_ _ [E] _ I'm sure [B]
he'll come _ to me by and by
[Ebm] _ _ But if he never comes back
I'll never sigh or cry
_ I [Ab] just must die
_ Poor _ _ _ Butter
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _