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Paper Sun by Traffic
Paper Sun
Intro:
(tabla fill)
sitar arr. for guitar [4X]:
D5
v v v v v v v v
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-----7-----5-----|-4-----2---------|
-0---------------|-----------------|
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Verse 1:
G
Though you think you're having good times
E
With the boy that you just met (paper sun)
Gm
Kicking sand from beach to beach
D
Your clothes all soaking wet
G
But if you look around and see
E
A shadow on the run (on the run)
Gm D
Don't be too upset because it's just a paper sun
Chorus:
(guitar and sitar, 2X):
Cm Bb G A
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
---------------1-|-3-1-----------3-|-2---------------|-----------------|
-------------0---|-----3---0-2-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
-------0-1-3-----|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
-2-3-2-----------|-----------------|---------0-0---0-|-0-------0-0---0-|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A pa... per sun
[repeat intro]
Verse 2:
In the room where you've been sleeping
All your clothes are thrown about
Cigarettes burn window sills
Your meter's all run out
But then again its nothing
You just split when day is done
Pitching lips [?] to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun
[repeat chorus]
[repeat intro]
Bridge:
D5 [w/sitar as per intro]
Standing in the cool of my room
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet perfume
Too much sun will burn
D F G D
(Too much sun will burn)
Too much sun will burn
D F G D
(Too much sun will burn)
Verse 3:
When you're feeling tired and lonely
You see people going home
You can't make the train fare
Or the sixpence for the phone
And icicles you're crying
From your cheek have just begun
Don't be sad, good times are had
Beneath the paper sun
[repeat chorus]
Coda [separated from "Paper Sun", titled "We're A Fade, You Missed This",
and moved to last track of US LP]
Asus4 A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Asus4 A
Daylight breaks while you sleep on the sand
Asus4 A
A seagull is stealing the ring from your hand
Asus4 A
That boy who had given you so much fun
Asus4 A
Has left you so cold in the paper sun
(continue and fade)
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version 2
D = xx0232 E6/Db = x42400 or E6 = 022120
D7/C = x30212 or D7 = xx0212 E/B = x22100
D6/B = x20202 or D6 = xx0202 Gm/Bb = x10033
D/A = x00232 Gm = 355333
G = 320033 or xx5433 D7 = xx0212
G/F# = 2x0033 or xx4433 Cm7 = x35343
G7/F = 1x0033 or xx3033 Bb = x13331 or 688766
E = xx2100 or 022100 A = x02220 or 577655
E7/D = xx0130 or E7 = 022130 A4 = x02230 or 577755
[Intro riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
So you think you're having good times ...with a boy that you just met,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Kicking sand from beach to beach, your clothes all soaking wet,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, if you look around, and see your shadow on the run,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be too up - set, because ...it's just a paper sun!
(On the run------!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 2]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
In the room where you've been sleeping, all your clothes are thrown a - bout,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Cigarettes burn window sills, your meters all run out,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, there again, its nothing, you just split when day is done,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Hitching lifts to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun!
(Day is done----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Bridge]
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C D6/B D/A
Standing in the cool of my room, | / / / / |
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,
D6/B D/A D F G D D F G D
Too much sun will burn, too much sun will burn!
(Too much sun will burn!) (Too much sun will burn!)
[Verse 3]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
When you're feeling tired and lonely, you see people going home,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
You can't make that train fare, or a sixpence for the phone,
(Paper sun----!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
And icicles you're crying...from your cheek, have just be - gun,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be sad, good times are had ...be - neath the paper sun!
(Just be - gun----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Coda]
A4 A
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Daylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
A seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
The boy that had given you so much fun,
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Has left you so cold ...in the paper sun!
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A A4
In the ...paper sun, in the paper sun-----,
A A4 A
In the paper sun---, in the paper sun-----! (That's the one!)
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