Paper Town chords by Jimmie Newport

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G

Intro:

C G Am Em

[​Verse 1]
C                                     G
I still drive that old county road when the moon is thin and pale
Am                                          Em
Past a mailbox rusted over where the paint once spilled my name
F                                              C
Johnson grass has swallowed whole the place the courthouse used to be
G                                        C
Now the only thing that answers me is the wind through the tree

[​Chorus]
C                 G                     Am
Oh, I'm homesick for a paper town that don't exist no more
F                        C                     G
Full of ghosts and memories down a long forgotten road
C                       G                   Am
Every mile I put behind me just pulls me back a gain
F                          C                        G
To that paper town still living underneath my skin
​
[Instrumental]
C G Am Em

​Verse 2:
C                                             G
Mama's Café's just a slab now screen door lying on the floor
Am                                            Em
Coca-Cola sign went dark the night the jukebox played no more
F                                        C
I still taste that burned-up coffee here George Jones sings soft and low
G                                         C
But the silence took the stage when that little town let go

[​Chorus]
C                 G                     Am
Oh, I'm homesick for a paper town that don't exist no more
F                        C                     G
Full of ghosts and memories down a long forgotten road
C                       G                   Am
Every mile I put behind me just pulls me back a gain
F                          C
To that paper town still living underneath my skin
​
Bridge:
Am                                           Em
Driving Screen blew down the year the hurricane tore through
F                                                    C
Kids carved their names in the bleachers, mine and hers are still there too
Am                                                Em
I walked the cracked foundation where we'd dance beneath the stars
F                                           C
Played that old prom piano in my head from a thousand miles too far
Am                       Em                      F
Time don't knock or ask permission when it levels what you love
C                                           G
It just leaves a hole the size of childhood that no prayer can fill back up

[​Chorus]
C                     G                     Am
Yeah, I'm homesick for a paper town that don't exist no more
F                          C                     G
Where the streetlights knew my shadow and the river knew my roar
C                 G                       Am
I'd trade every tomorrow for one more yesterday
F                          C
In that paper town that only I can see

[​Outro]
C                                              G
So if you pass mile marker 33 'round a quarter after two
Am                                                 Em
Roll your window down and listen might hear a melody break through
F                                C
It's just a homesick tramp on some ivory keys
G                                 C
Playing for a paper town that only lives in me