[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!)