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 Poor Butterfly

Words by John Golden, Music by Ray Hubbell - 1916

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F9	-	Bbmaj7	-
D+	-            D7	G9	-            G7
C7          F9	-            F7	Bb          Gm	-
C7	-	F7	-     Bb   F#7   Cm7
F9	-	Bbmaj7	-
D+	-            D7	G9	-            G7
Cm7	-            Ebm6	Bb         Bbmaj7	Bb       Bbdim
F9	-	Bb	-        (F7 repeat)

8-beat intro with 3 quick lead-in notes.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Note:  This song is in the key of Bb, but starts with an F9 chord.

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Poor But - ter - fly!  'Neath the bloss - oms wait - ing,

Poor But - ter - fly!  For she loved him so.

The mo - ments pass in - to hours,  The hours pass in - to years,

And as she smiles through her tears,  She mur - murs low,

The moon and I know that he be faith - ful,

I'm sure he come to me bye and bye.

But if he don't come back,  Then I nev - er sigh or cry,

I just mus' die.  Poor But - ter - fly.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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