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Paul by Big Thief

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Verse 1:

Oh, the last time I saw Paul
I was horrible and almost let him in
But I stopped and caught the wall
And my mouth got dry so all I did was take him for a spin

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------6-6-6-6--------------------------7----------------------|
E|---------7-------7------------------------4---------------------------------------|
 Yeah we hopped inside my car   And I drove in circles ‘round the freight train

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9---------------------------------------------------------------------------7----|
E|--------2-----------3----3----3----3-----2----2----2----2---4---------------------|
 yard    And he turned the headlights off    Then he pulled the bottle out

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
 And then he showed me what was love

Chorus 1:

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------7------------------7----------------------------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------7------|
 I’ll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine I’ll be your record player

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------7----7-------------------------0-------------------------------------|
 baby if you know what I mean / I’ll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------7--------------------------------------------------------------|
 breath / I’ll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death

Verse 2:

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------7---7---7-------9----9-|
E|--------3--3--3--3----2--2--2--2---------4----------------------------------------|
 In the blossom of the months   I was sure that I’d get driven off with thought

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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9--9--9--9--9--9---10--10--10--10--9--9--9--9------11----------------7----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        So I swollowed all of it     As I realized there was no one who

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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9--9--9--9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------------------------------------------|
 kiss away my shit

Chorus 1:

G|-------------------------------9--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------9-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7--------------------------------------------------------------7-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------9--------7-------------|
 I’ll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine I’ll be your record player

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------7----7---------------------------0------------------------------------|
 baby if you know what I mean / I’ll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------7-------------------------------------------------------------|
 breath / I’ll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death

Interlude:

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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---6---------------6--6--6--6--------------7--7--7--7--------------/9-------------|
E|-9----7--7--7--7---------------4--4--4--4--------------2--2--2--2-----------------|

Verse 3:

Paul, I know you said that you’d take me any way I came or went

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8---8---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------6----6----------------------9-------------7---------------------|
E|----------7---7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 But I’ll push you from my brain / See, you’re gentle, baby I couldn’t stay

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----9----9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------7-------7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------------------------|
 I’d only bring you pain

Chorus 2:

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------7----------------------------------------------9-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
 I was your starry-eyed lover and the one that you saw / I was your hurricane

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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7-----7-------------------------0-----------------------------------|
 rider and the woman you’d call / We were just two moonshiners on the cup of a breath

G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 And I’ve been burning for you baby since the day that you left

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