Editors - Papillon Acoustic Chords & Tabs

The Editors – Papillon - Correct version

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Riff 1 (version 1 - easy for the right hand)
  Em            G    Bm
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D---5----5---5----5----4----|
A--7----7--------5-5--5-4---|
E-0----0----0---3----2------|

Riff 1 (version 2 - easy for the left hand)
except for Bm, placed the left in the default position for each chord:
  Em            G    Bm
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---0----0---0----0---------|
D--2----2--------0-0---4----|
A---------------------5-4---|
E-0----0----0---3----2------|

Riff 1 (Album version)

  Em        G  Bm
e---------------------|
B---------------------|
G----0--0-----0-------|
D---2----2---0---4----|
A---------------5-4---|
E--0---0----3--2------|


Riff 2 (Chorus)
     C             G     D/C (place C-chord but 2 frets higher)
e--------------------------------------------|
B----1----1----1----3----3----3----3----3----|
G----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
D---2-2--2-2--2-2--0-0--4-4--4-4--4-4--0-0---|
A--3----3----3----2----5----5----5----2------|
E--------------------------------------------|


Lyrics: (chord positions as accurate as possible, may not be 100% good)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/editors/papillon_acoustic_crd.html ]
Strophe 1: Riff 1 in the version of your choice
Em        Em     G          Bm           Em Em G Bm
 Make our escape, you're my own papillon.
Em               Em   G      Bm              Em
 World turns too fast, feel love before it's gone.
Em    G            Bm
   It kicks like a sleep twitch!
etc. 
My papillon, feel love when it's shone.
It kicks like a sleep twitch!

Chorus: Riff 2
C   C   C     G                   C/D     C/D
Darling, just don't put down your guns yet.
C/D       G           C      C
if there really was a God here,
C             G                C/D   C/D  C/D   G
He would have raised a hand by now.
C   etc. 
Now darling, you're born, get old and die here.
Well, that's quite enough for me.
               G            C/D      C/D
We'll find our own way home somehow. 
C/D                           Em (Riff 1)
It kicks like a sleep twitch! 

Strophe 2: 
No sense of doubt or what you could achieve.
Well, I've found you out, I've seen the life you wish to leave,
But it kicks like a sleep twitch!
You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe.
It kicks like a sleep twitch!

Chorus: 
Darling, now just don't put down your guns yet.
If there really was a God here,
He'd have raised a hand by now.
Darling, well, you're born, get old and die here.
Well that's quite enough for me, dear.
We'll find our own home somehow.

Riff 1 (repeat as much as you need to)
It kicks like a sleep twitch!
It kicks like a sleep twitch!

(Play riff 1 a final time, with our without 'it kicks like a sleep twitch', and end on Em)