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By: Galex
CPapillon busted free
Though it tEmook him 'til he was sixty-three
                 F                      GAm, F, G  
And nobody cared about the Goddamned inquiry
And DCaga stayed on the farm
Though hEme found no cause for alarm
                          F                    GAm, F,     G  
It was a hell of a swim but he still had two good arms
C7Gorillas are for eatFing
Don't you know it's truDme
I fell in love with youG7  
And don't you think it's sadAm  
'Cause here we both standF  
Amidst the wreckage of our pasG7t
And I'll Cspend the day with you
We'll meeEmt at your house after two
                        F             GAm, F, G  
You're the most exhausting girl I ever knew
And wChen you let me leave I'll go
I'll lEmet you get back to your phone
                            F                   GAm, F,   G  
You mean well, Mel, but you're all talk and no show
C7Pick you lips 'til they're blFeeding
Don't you know I felDml
The lair of the queer deviG7l
Is deeper than you thougAmht
The computer's still onF  
And the webpage is G7alt.com
CAnd I hopGe you'll cFome back sooG7n
CAnd I feeGl like a milFlion bucks todGay, a million bucks tCoday
C'Cause I know Git can Fonly go uGp from here
F'Cause she says iGt's so much better after Call
CAfter all we been through
EmI can't get my mind off of you
                       F                     G7Am, F, G7  
It's a hell of a way to spend the whole day through
And yoCu left your name on the bar
You hoEmpped your little brown car
                             F                  G7Am, F, G7  
You moved in with Gramps and you got yourself a job
C7And the room is slowly Fsinking
But I can play guitDmar
And Morgan you're so G7far
Away from me tonighAmt
And I'll try to make it righFt
By putting you in tG7his here song
COh yeah
EOkay
Okay waiDmt
G7Oh my God, BlakAme
That's what she sFaid
GIn bed
CPapillon busted free
EmWe watched him at 4:53
And I'm glaFd you chose tGo spend the night with Cme
(I love this song) hope you liked the tab...not sure that the part 
''oh my god blake'' is 100% right, but it sounds good enough for me..
it could be C-chord instead of Am.. but it just doesn't sound well..
:)

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Papillon

by Rilo Kiley

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Chords in this song · guitar

By: Galex

Papillon busted free

Though it took him 'til he was sixty-three

F G G

Am, F,

And nobody cared about the Goddamned inquiry

And Daga stayed on the farm

Though he found no cause for alarm

F G G

Am, F,

It was a hell of a swim but he still had two good arms

C7 F

Gorillas are for eating

Don't you know it's true

I fell in love with you

And don't you think it's sad

'Cause here we both stand

Amidst the wreckage of our past

And I'll spend the day with you

We'll meet at your house after two

F G G

Am, F,

You're the most exhausting girl I ever knew

And when you let me leave I'll go

I'll let you get back to your phone

F G G

Am, F,

You mean well, Mel, but you're all talk and no show

C7 F

Pick you lips 'til they're bleeding

Don't you know I fell

The lair of the queer devil

Is deeper than you thought

The computer's still on

And the webpage is alt.com

C G F G7

And I hope you'll come back soon

C G F G C

And I feel like a million bucks today, a million bucks today

C G F G

'Cause I know it can only go up from here

F G C

'Cause she says it's so much better after all

After all we been through

I can't get my mind off of you

F G7 G7

Am, F,

It's a hell of a way to spend the whole day through

And you left your name on the bar

You hopped your little brown car

F G7 G7

Am, F,

You moved in with Gramps and you got yourself a job

C7 F

And the room is slowly sinking

But I can play guitar

And Morgan you're so far

Away from me tonight

And I'll try to make it right

By putting you in this here song

Oh yeah

Okay

Okay wait

G7 Am

Oh my God, Blake

That's what she said

In bed

Papillon busted free

We watched him at 4:53

F G C

And I'm glad you chose to spend the night with me

(I love this song) hope you liked the tab...not sure that the part

''oh my god blake'' is 100% right, but it sounds good enough for me..

it could be C-chord instead of Am.. but it just doesn't sound well..

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