Paper Clips chords by Holly Henry

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC x2

Verse 1:
     C majorC   FF         G+G
Wear your teeth, pretend you're eighteen
C majorC                  FF       G+G
Maybe when you're tall you won't be scared of anything
   FF      G+G
Like hell waiting down below
E minorEm      A minorAm
Odd that you thought you'd go
    FF       G+G
Better touch all the table tops
  E minorEm        A minorAm
And count all of the garden rocks

Instrumental:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC x3

Verse 2:
        C majorC   FF         G+G
Out through the mouth, pretend you're eighteen
C majorC                 FF        G+G
Maybe when you're grown this will all have been a dream
  FF          G+G
The bathroom mirror, the stucco walls
   E minorEm      A minorAm
The devil waiting in the hall
  FF        G+G
The pretty wind and quiet snow
E minorEm       A minorAm
Paperclips all in a row

Chorus:
  C majorC    G+G      FF
But life has tripped you up by your laces
   C majorC       G+G     FF
They thought maybe you would stop with these phases
  C majorC    G+G   FF
You came to a full stop in the races
   C majorC    G+G        A minorAm
Cause life it just tripped you up by your laces (by your laces)

Instrumental:
C majorC FF G+G x2

Verse 3:
C majorC       FF        G+G
Talk weather, like you're eighteen
C majorC             FF        G+G
Bandaging your background like your bleach clean
  FF         G+G
The waiting room, the hollow gaze
  E minorEm      A minorAm
The acceptance of fleeting faith
  FF         G+G
The kids wearing their summer glow
   E minorEm       A minorAm
Your paperclips all in a row

Chorus:
   C majorC    G+G      FF
Cause life has tripped you up by your laces
   C majorC       G+G     FF
They thought maybe you would stop with these phases
  C majorC    G+G   FF
You came to a full stop in the races
   C majorC    G+G        A minorAm
Cause life it just tripped you up by your laces

Chorus:
    C majorC    G+G      FF
Yeah, life has tripped you up by your laces
   C majorC       G+G     FF
They thought maybe you would stop with these phases
  C majorC    G+G   FF
You came to a full stop in the races
   C majorC    G+G        FF         FF
Cause life it just tripped you up by your laces, by your laces

Outro:
C majorC FF G+G x2
E minorEm A minorAm FF G+G
E minorEm A minorAm