Running Joke - Paper Machete Chords by Queens Of The Stone Age

Running Joke - Paper Machete Chords

by Queens Of The Stone Age

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Verse 1: N.C. When I was a little boy, I looked under the stairs N.C. The king and the pawns were caught unawares B7 Em B7 Standing in the shadows, a whisperer to be Em B7 Em B7 Just fishing in the darkness of possibilities Chorus: Em D Just look at you now G B Em D Yeah, look at you now G B Em B7 Ooh, oh, look at you now Em B7 x4 Verse 2: Em B7 Em B7 Among such style and grace our highest hopes Em B7 Em B7 None standing still, the running joke Em B7 Em B7 Where goes the warm embrace, it fades without return Em B7 Em B7 It lives to slip through fingertips and burn
Verse 1: C Em C Em C I don't care what you think anymore Em D Doesn't matter anyway C Em C Em C Joan of Arc, victim, perpetrator Em D Em Just a papеr machete, yeah G D Em x2 Verse 2: G D Em G D Em Thе truth is just a piece of clay G D Em G D C You sculpt, you change, you hide, then you erase Em C Em C You think you're brave? All the plans you made Em D Behind my back and from far away C Em C Em Truth is, face to face, you're a coward C Em D Em Sharp as a paper machete, yeah B Em B Verse 3: C D Em C Now I know you'd use anything, anyone D Em To make yourself look clean C D Em In sickness, no vows mean anything C D So long, cruelty C D So long, too late C D D# D So long, my love is dead Chorus: Em D G But just look at you now, yeah B Em D G Oh, look at you now, yeah B Em D G Oh, look at you now, yeah B Em D G Oh, look at you now, yeah B Em D G Look at you now B Em D G Oh, look at you now, yeah G B Em B7 Em Look at you now

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Published: August 15, 2025
Last Updated: January 28, 2026