Paper Sun

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

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

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

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

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

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

                 (Too much sun will 
burn!)           (Too much sun will 
burn!)

[Verse 3]
            G                
When you're feeling tired and 
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lonely, you   see  people going 
E7/D  E6/Db
home,
 E/B   Gm/Bb               Gm    
       You can't make that train 
          D                        
fare or a sixpence for the phone,
D7

(Paper sun!)
    G                       G/F#  
And icicles you're crying...from  
G7/F E           E7/D      E6/Db
your cheek, have just be - gun,
 E/B       Gm/Bb              Gm 
           Don't be sad, good 
                   D
times are had ...be - neath the 
paper sun
(Just be - gun!)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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