Tabs
Tuning: Standard Difficulty: Novice "Paper Sun" (Winwood - Capaldi - Wood - Mason) Intro: (tabla fill) sitar arr. for guitar [4X]: D5D5 v v v v v v v v -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----7-----5-----|-4-----2---------| -0---------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| Verse 1: G+G Though you think you're having good times E MajorE With the boy that you just met (paper sun) G minorGm Kicking sand from beach to beach D MajorD Your clothes all soaking wet G+G But if you look around and see E MajorE A augmentedA shadow on the run (on the run) G minorGm D MajorD Don't be too upset because it's just a paper sun Chorus: (guitar and sitar, 2X): C minorCm Bb majorBb G+G A augmentedA v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------------1-|-3-1-----------3-|-2---------------|-----------------| -------------0---|-----3---0-2-3---|-----------------|-----------------| -------0-1-3-----|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------| -2-3-2-----------|-----------------|---------0-0---0-|-0-------0-0---0-| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A augmentedA pa... per sun [repeat intro] Verse 2: In the room where you've been sleeping All your clothes are thrown about Cigarettes burn window sills Your meter's all run out But then again its nothing You just split when day is done Pitching lips [?] to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun [repeat chorus] [repeat intro] Bridge: D5D5 [w/sitar as per intro] Standing in the cool of my room Fresh cut flowers give me sweet perfume Too much sun will burn D MajorD FF G+G D MajorD (Too much sun will burn) Too much sun will burn D MajorD FF G+G D MajorD (Too much sun will burn) Verse 3: When you're feeling tired and lonely You see people going home You can't make the train fare Or the sixpence for the phone And icicles you're crying From your cheek have just begun Don't be sad, good times are had Beneath the paper sun [repeat chorus] Coda [separated from "Paper Sun", titled "We're A augmentedA Fade, You Missed This", and moved to last track of US LP] Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA Daylight breaks while you sleep on the sand Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA A augmentedA seagull is stealing the ring from your hand Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA That boy who had given you so much fun Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA Has left you so cold in the paper sun (continue and fade)
Other versions of Paper Sun
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Paper sun by Traffic
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