[Intro riff]
     D        D7/C            D6/B       D/A
E|------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| [x4]
B|--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|

[Verse 1]
       G                              G/F#  G7/F   E        E7/D     E6/Db
So you think you're having good times    ...with a boy that you just met,
 E/B   Gm/Bb             Gm                   D                         D7
       Kicking sand from beach to beach, your clothes all soaking wet,
(Paper sun------!)
     G                       G/F# G7/F  E      E7/D   E6/Db
But, if you look around, and see  your  shadow on the run,
 E/B    Gm/Bb             Gm                   D
        Don't be too up - set, because ...it's just a paper sun!
(On the run------!)

[Chorus]
Cm7  Bb   G   A      Cm7  Bb   G   A
Oh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun!

[Riff]
     D        D7/C            D6/B       D/A
E|------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| [x4]
B|--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|

[Verse 2]
       G                                G/F# G7/F E           E7/D       E6/Db
In the room where you've been sleeping, all  your clothes are thrown a - bout,
 E/B   Gm/Bb           Gm                 D                   D7
       Cigarettes burn window sills, your meters all run out,
(Paper sun!)
      G                       G/F#  G7/F E          E7/D   E6/Db
But, there again, its nothing, you  just split when day is done,
 E/B    Gm/Bb             Gm               D
        Hitching lifts to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun
(Day is done!)

[Chorus]
Cm7  Bb   G   A      Cm7  Bb   G   A
Oh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun!

[Riff]
      D       D7/C            D6/B       D/A
E|------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| [x4]
B|--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|

[Bridge]
D        D7/C   D6/B  D/A   D     D7/C   D6/B   D/A
Standing in the cool  of my room, 
D         D7/C    D6/B    D/A         D      D7/C
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,
D6/B     D/A      D        F    G   D                 D        F   G    D
Too much sun will burn,             too much sun will burn
                 (Too much sun will burn!)           (Too much sun will burn!)

[Verse 3]
            G                         G/F#  G7/F E      E7/D  E6/Db
When you're feeling tired and lonely, you   see  people going home,
 E/B   Gm/Bb               Gm              D                        D7
       You can't make that train fare or a sixpence for the phone,
(Paper sun!)
    G                       G/F#  G7/F E           E7/D      E6/Db
And icicles you're crying...from  your cheek, have just be - gun,
 E/B       Gm/Bb              Gm                    D
           Don't be sad, good times are had ...be - neath the paper sun
(Just be - gun!)

[Chorus]
Cm7  Bb    G   A     Cm7  Bb   G   A
Oh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun!

[Coda]
 Asus4                             A
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)

Asus4                                 A
Daylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,
(Oh, woh-oh-oh!     Oh, woh-oh-oh!    Oh, woh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!)

     Asus4                             A
   A seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,
(Oh, woh-oh -oh!     Oh, woh-oh-oh!    Oh, woh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!)

    Asus4                          A
The boy that had given you so much fun,
   (Oh, oh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!)

    Asus4                          A
Has left you so cold     ...in the paper sun!
   (Oh, oh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!  Oh, woh-oh-oh!)

Asus4         A              Asus4
       In the ...paper sun,  in the paper sun,
A                         Asus4       A
In the paper sun,  in the paper sun        (That's the one!)