• Song:

    Papillon Acoustic

  • Artist:

    The Airborne Toxic Event

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                       Papillon - The Airborne Toxic event
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tabbed by: Mike Bacon
email: mmmbacon914@gmail.com


Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Capo 2

2 bars of percussion, then Lead Guitar and Viola come in with this:

Intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----7-7-----7-7-----7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-----7-7--------|
G|-7-7-----6-6-----7-7---6-6-----7-7-----6-6-----7-7---6-6-----2-2-2-2|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|   
B|--------------------------------------------------------|   
G|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0|   
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Lead Guitar and Viola play the intro riff in the background throughout the rest of the song.

Chords used in Verse (All relative to Capo 2):
   C (x32010@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am    Am7e|-0-----0-----0-----0-- (x02010@1)B|-1-----0-----1-----1--
G|-0-----0-----2-----0--
D|-2-----2-----2-----2--
A|-3-----3-----0-----0--
E|-x-----x-----x-----x--

Chords used in Chorus (again, relative to Capo 2):
   Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)F (133211@1) Ge|-1---0---1---3 (320003@1)B|-3---0---1---3
G|-2---0---2---0
D|-0---2---3---0
A|-x---2---3---2
E|-x---0---1---3

Verse 1:
          C (x32010@1)        Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1)      Cmaj7And (x32000@1)We're all dressed up, no place to run
   C (x32010@1)     Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  C (x32010@1)       Cmaj7No (x32000@1)car, no girl, no pills, no fun
   Am (x02210@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)      Am (x02210@1)  Am7Nothing (x02010@1)to do in this empty room
        Am (x02210@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)Am (x02210@1)     Am7I (x02010@1)gotta get my head together soon


C (x32010@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)    C (x32010@1)      Cmaj7Alone (x32000@1)again, no plans, no friends
    C (x32010@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)       Cmaj7You (x32000@1)come around at half past ten
        Am (x02210@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)   Am (x02210@1)  Am7And (x02010@1)say "How are you holding up my friend?
        Am (x02210@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)          Am (x02210@1)  Am7Are (x02010@1)you sitting around getting drunk again?"


Chorus 1:
      Dm (xx0231@1)                            EmAnd (022000@1)I hear the desperation of those lines
       F (133211@1)                     GWasted (320003@1)hours, all this wasted time

Yeah, I been just fine!

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7

Verse 2:
          C (x32010@1)     Cmaj7 (x32000@1)    C (x32010@1)  Cmaj7And (x32000@1)we're out the door in an hour more
   C (x32010@1)     Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       C (x32010@1)    Cmaj7We (x32000@1)stumble down from the second floor
         Am (x02210@1) Am7 (x02010@1)   Am (x02210@1)Am7And (x02010@1)we're swaying and braying
   Am (x02210@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)      Am (x02210@1)Am7We (x02010@1)don't know what we're saying

        C (x32010@1)     Cmaj7 (x32000@1)     C (x32010@1)    Cmaj7And (x32000@1)you grab my shirt, your way so curt
  C (x32010@1)      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       C (x32010@1)     Cmaj7I (x32000@1)swear to God that this doesn't hurt
         Am (x02210@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)     Am (x02210@1)        Am7When (x02010@1)you stare like that, you put on that act
    Am (x02210@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)              Am (x02210@1)    Am7You (x02010@1)say something and then you take it back


Chorus 2:
      Dm (xx0231@1)                               EmAnd (022000@1)I feel as though I've done something wrong
          F (133211@1)                   GOh, (320003@1)how I miss you when you are gone


Interlude:
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Am7

Dm Em F G

Verse 3:
      C (x32010@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1)     Cmaj7And (x32000@1)I wish I had the guts to scream
          C (x32010@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C (x32010@1)       Cmaj7You (x32000@1)know, things aren't always what they seem
         Am (x02210@1) Am7 (x02010@1)        Am (x02210@1)   Am7When (x02010@1)you walk away, I want you to stay
      Am (x02210@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)   Am (x02210@1)     Am7Don't (x02010@1)leave me here to pace and pray

          C (x32010@1)      Cmaj7 (x32000@1) C (x32010@1)     Cmaj7All (x32000@1)these nights I burned, hours I turned
      C (x32010@1)      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C      Cmaj7You'd (x32000@1)think that by now I'd learned
             Am (x02210@1)Am7 (x02010@1)    Am (x02210@1)       Am7That (x02010@1)you're only what you pretend to be
  Am (x02210@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Am7I (x02010@1)guess that was just lost on me

Chorus 3:
            Dm (xx0231@1)                                 EmAnd (022000@1)I can't stand the way you look at me in that dress
        F (133211@1)                       GOh (320003@1)Papillon, I might be alright I guess

If I wasn't such a mess

Outro(same chords as verse):

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7      Am
                          I'm such amess (x02210@1)Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Am7 (x02010@1)           C (x32010@1)                         I'm such amess (x02210@1)Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7        Am
                          I'm such amess (x02210@1)Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Am7 (x02010@1)           C (x32010@1)                         I'm such amess (x02210@1)
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