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Artist: Michelle Branch
Album: Hotel Paper
Song: Hotel Paper (words and music by Michelle Branch)
Tabbed from the Acoustic Version on the CD when played in computer
Tabbed by: Mike Markulin
*Guitar Capo on 3rd fret*
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - muted, struck string
E------3--3---------3--3------3--3---------3--3-------3--3-
B------3--3---------3--3------3--3---------3--3-------3--3-
G------0--0---------0--0------0--0---------0--0-------0--0-
D------X--X---------X--X------X--X---------X--X-------X--X-
A-2-----------2H3--------------------2H3----------3--------
E--------------------------3-------------------------------
E---3--3---------3--3-------2--2---
B---3--3---------3--3-------3--3---
G---0--0---------0--0-------2--2--- REPEAT
D---X--X---------X--X-------X--X---
A----------0H2----------0----------
E----3-----------------------------
"And I wanted to be..." ~CHORD PROGRESSION~
E------3----3----3----2------------
B------3----3----3----3------------
G------0----0----0----2------------ Super simple just listen
D------2----2----0----0------------ to strumming pattern.
A------2----3----2----0------------
E----------------3-----------------
".. Didn't believe what I'd been hearing..."
E------2----2----3-----------------
B------3----2----3-----------------
G------4----3----0----------------- Listen for strumming.
D------4----4----0-----------------
A------2----4----2-----------------
E-----------2----3-----------------
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Hotel Paper (Chords)
- Hotel Paper (Bass)
- Hotel Paper (Ver2) (Chords)
Song History
Last Updated: February 18, 2026