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Paper House by Lisa Hannigan
Paper House
Intro: Ab Fm
Ab Fm
We landed our heavy hearts
Ab Fm
motors with broken parts
Bbm Db
we had a deck of cards
Ab Fm
it was a start
We'd sit out in the sun
and wait for our skin to turn
you would ask for truth
and I'd look for something to burn
Gb Db/F Fm
Oh, we walked in a hallowed place back then
Gb
on the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June
Db/F Fm
Oh, to live in a paper house again
Gb Db/F Ab Fm
where we grew by the light of the moon, oh
Often we took the train
the sky pacing white to gray
when you or I would leave
and the other would stay
And we were all that we had
and breathed in each others words
I would ask for truth
and you'd look for something to burn
Oh, we walked in a hallowed place back then
on the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June
Oh, to live in a paper house again
where we grew by the light of the moon
You were much younger then
younger than I am now
I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow
I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow
Oh, we walked in a hallowed place back then
on the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June
Oh, to live in a paper house again
where we grew by the light of the moon
Oh, you know what you are to me
and you know you will always be
Note:
Lisa plays this with a Capo on the first Fret, so the chords, for quick reference would be:
G Em (verse)
Am C (last part of the verse)
F C Em F (Chorus)
F C (last part of the chorus)
G Em (verse again)
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1
Intro:
G Em
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------------------------------------------------|2x
D|----0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------------|2x
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------------------------------|2x
E|-3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------------------|2x
Verse:
G Em
We lended our heavy hearts,
G Em
motors with broken parts,
C* C G Em
we had a deck of cards it was a start.
G Em
We'd sit out in the sun,
G Em
and wait for our skin to turn,
C*
you would ask for truth,
C** G Em
and I would look for something to burn.
Chorus:
F C Em
Oh we walked in a hallowed place back then
Am F
the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June.
C Em
Oh to live in a paper house again,
Am C G Em
where we grew by the light of the moon.
G Em
G Em
Often we took the train,
G Em
the sky pacing white to grey,
C*
when you or I would leave
C**
and the others would stay.
G Em
We were all that we had
G Em
and breathed in each others word,
C*
I would ask for truth
C** G Em
and you'd look for something to burn.
Chorus
G Em
G Em
You were much younger then,
G Em
younger than I am now,
C* C**
I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow,
C* C**
I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow.
Chorus
G Em G Em
F C Em
Oh you know what you are to me
Am F
and you know you will always be.
C C* C**
e|--0--| |--0--| |--0--|
B|--1--| |--0--| |--0--|
G|--0--| |--0--| |--0--|
D|--2--| |--2--| |--2--|
A|--3--| |--0--| |--3--|
E|--x--| |--x--| |--x--|
The intro shows how the chords are played throughout the song.
During the chorus Em is played like this:
e|--------|
B|---0----|
G|-----0--|
D|----2---|
A|--2-----|
E|--------|
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