Papillon (aka Hot Butterfly) chords by Chaka Khan

SimplifiedC · G · Ab · Em · C#dim …

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C
G
Ab
Em
C#dim
F#sus4
F
Dsus4
D
Cm
Fsus4
Aaug
Dm

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
A faded photograph I mailed  (E minor) 
to you
G 
Em 
G 
 (G major) With feelings I don't want  (E minor) to face  (G major) 
Em 
G 
And a long song of sur (E minor) render in blue  (G major) 
Em 
I remember when you  (E minor) took
my breath away

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Verse 2

Chanson papillon, we were very young

Like butterflies,

like hot butterfly

Chanson papillon,

we had just begun

We let it slide on by

We didn't realize

Verse 3
G 
Em 
G 
 (G major) All our memories are  (E minor) burning in time  (G major) 
Em 
G 
Like a bittersweet  (E minor) perfume  (G major) 
Em 
Can you tell me how a love  (E minor) 
G 
that's so fine  (G major) 
Could have climaxed
Em 
in a single  (E minor) afternoon

Verse 4
C 
Em 
Chanson  (C major) papil (E minor) lon,
C 
 (C major) we were very young
G 
Like  (G major) butterflies,
Em 
G 
C#dim 
 (E minor) like hot  (G major) butter (C sharpdim) fly
C 
Em 
C 
 (C major) Chanson  (E minor) papillon,  (C major) we had just begun
F#sus4 
We  (F sharpsus4) let it slide on by
Dsus4 
 (Dsus4) We didn't realize

Interlude 1

Verse 5

Chanson papillon

Verse 6
G 
 (G major) 
Em 
Gone are the days  (E minor) of instant romance
G 
 (G major) And the nights of slow
Em 
G 
 (E minor) goodbyes  (G major) 
That was a time of life when
Em 
G 
 (E minor) foxy was the dance  (G major) 
Em 
But then you got wise to  (E minor) all my lies

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) Chanson papillon, we were very young
G 
Em 
G 
C#dim 
Aaug 
Like  (G major) butterflies,  (E minor)  (G major) like hot  (C sharpdim) but      terfly  (Aaug) 
C 
 (C major) Chanson papillon,
F#sus4 
we had just begun  (F sharpsus4) 
Let it slide on by
C 
Dsus4 
Dm 
 (C major) Let it slide  (Dsus4) on  (D minor) by

Verse 8
C 
Em 
C 
 (C major) Chanson  (E minor) papillon,  (C major) we were very young
G 
Like  (G major) butterflies,
Em 
C#dim 
D 
G 
C#dim 
like  (E minor) hot  (C sharpdim)  (D major)  (G major) butter (C sharpdim) fly
C 
Em 
 (C major) Chanson  (E minor) papillon,
C 
G 
C 
F#sus4 
 (C major) we had just  (G major) be  (C major) gun  (F sharpsus4) 
Dsus4 
G 
Just begun  (Dsus4) to       fly  (G major) 

Verse 9

Ooh, yeah, I wanna say

Verse 10
G 
Em 
 (G major) Chanson papillon,  (E minor) chanson
G 
Em 
G 
 (G major) Chanson papillon,  (E minor) chanson  (G major) 
Em 
G 
Em 
G 
Chanson  (E minor)  (G major) papillon,  (E minor) chanson  (G major) 
Em 
Chanson papillon, chanson  (E minor) 
G 
 (G major) Chanson papillon, chanson