Paper Sun
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# "Paper Sun"
# (Winwood - Capaldi - Wood - Mason)
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#Intro:
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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
A pa... per sun
repeat intro
Verse 2:
G
In the room where you've been sleeping
E
All your clothes are thrown about
Gm
Cigarettes burn window sills
D
Your meter's all run out
G
But then again its nothing
E
You just split when day is done
Gm ? D
Pitching lips to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun
repeat chorus
repeat intro
Bridge:
w/sitar as per intro
D5
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:
G
When you're feeling tired and lonely
E
You see people going home
Gm
You can't make the train fare
D
Or the sixpence for the phone
G
And icicles you're crying
E
From your cheek have just begun
Gm
Don't be sad, good times are had
D
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
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)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers