Paper Walls chords by Marc Cohn

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro: Gm7Gm7

Verse 1:
      G minorGm
Well, I had just checked in when the sun came up
   FF          Eb MajorEb
After ten hours on the bus
    G minorGm
I was staring at the stains on the ceiling, baby
  FF           Eb MajorEb
Trying not to think about us
     C minorCm        AbAb
But then someone in a room five-oh two
     Bb majorBb
Started doing the thing that we used to do
C minorCm      AbAb
Every bang, every boom
    C7C7       N.C.
It was just like it was happening in my own room

Chorus:

 N.C.           G minorGm
'Cause they've got paper walls,
      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb
Paper walls
      G minorGm      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb
Paper walls... ooh, yeah

Verse 2:

  G minorGm
I closed the curtain, I shut the light
  FF          Eb MajorEb
I heard the highway moan
   G minorGm
Next thing I remember they were having a fight
      FF      Eb MajorEb
And then, she was all alone
C minorCm           AbAb
I heard her cry in the darkest hour
Bb majorBb
I heard it echo in the hotel shower
C minorCm         AbAb
I heard her start packing her things, so
C7C7           N.C.
I called her number and I heard it ring...

Chorus:

 N.C.           G minorGm
Right through the paper walls,
      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb
Paper walls
      G minorGm      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb
Paper walls... ooh yeah, now

Bridge:

     C5C5
                  G minorGm
She said  Woah,   Woah,  woah, yeah   come on down.

Instrumental:

G minorGm   FF  Eb MajorEb  G minorGm  FF  Eb MajorEb

Verse 3:

C minorCm           AbAb
I've never seen such a sight before
Bb majorBb
The way she looked when she opened the door
C minorCm         AbAb
Hush now baby don't make a sound
C7C7           N.C.
When all your love comes a-tumblin' down...

Chorus:

 N.C.        G minorGm
Just like a paper wall,
      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb
Paper wall
      G minorGm      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb
Paper wall...Ooh just like a paper wall
G minorGm
Just like a paper wall,
      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb
Paper wall
      G minorGm      Gm/F FF Eb MajorEb  Ebsus2Ebsus2 F/GF/G Gm7Gm7
Paper wall...Ooh just like a paper wall

Outro:

Gm7Gm7
It ain't the road that kills you, baby
Gm7Gm7
It's the all night calls;
Gm7Gm7
It ain't the road that kills you, baby
Gm7Gm7
It's just the paper walls