Papillon

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This is Editors song Papillion, It's taken from an acoustic version of the song on
Dermot O'Leary's Saturday morning show. It's played slower than the original
version, I play it all barred chords which seems to work, but open chords work too.
Please rate favourably
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Papillon
EmGBm
Intro: x 4
Verse 1
Em G Bm Em G Bm
Make our escape, you're my own papillon.
Em G Bm Em G Bm
The world turns too fast, feel love before it's gone.
Em G Bm Em G Bm
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Em G Bm Em G Bm
My papillon, feel love when it's shone.
Chorus
C G D
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
Bm C
If there really was a God here,
G D
he'd have raised a hand by now.
C G D
Now darling, you'll both get old and die here,
Bm C
well that's quite enough for me ,
G D
we'll find our own way home somehow.
G Bm
It kicks like a sleep twitch
EmG Bm
x 2
Verse 2
Em G Bm Em G Bm
No sense of doubt, of what you can achieve.
Em G Bm Em G Bm
Well I've found you out, I've seen the life you wish to lead.
Em G Bm Em G Bm
And well it kicks like a sleep twitch!
Em G Bm Em G Bm
You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe.
G Bm
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
C G D
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet,
Bm C
If there really was a God here,
G D
he'd have raised a hand by now.
C G D
Now darling, you'll both get old and die here,
Bm C
well that's quite enough for me ,
G D
we'll find our own way home somehow.
G Bm
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
Em G Bm
Em G Bm
Em G Bm
Em
It kicks like a sleep twitch!

Papillon chords and lyrics

Free chords for Papillon by Editors. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

This is Editors song Papillion, It's taken from an acoustic version of the song on 
Dermot O'Leary's Saturday morning show. It's played slower than the original 
version, I play it all barred chords which seems to work, but open chords work too.
Please rate favourably
Editors
Papillon
Intro:  Em G Bm x 4
Verse 1
Chorus
Em  G  Bm x 2
Verse 2
Em  G  Bm 
Em  G  Bm 
Em  G  Bm

Papillon Chords by Editors

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