{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1490523,"song":"Paper Sun","artist":"Traffic","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11272395-paper-sun-chords-by-traffic/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1490523?type=chord","rating":4.72595,"votes":29,"content":"The descending bass note progressions add extra\r\nbass note after the slashes.\r\nof options to simulate the sitar riff.\r\n\r\nRegarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the\r\n\r\n[Intro and Bridge]             [Choruses]\r\nD    = xx0232                  Cm7 = x35343\r\nD7/C = x30212 or D7 = xx0212   Bb  = x13331 or 688766\r\nD6/B = x20202 or D6 = xx0202   G   = 320033 or 355433\r\nD/A  = x00232                  A   = x02220 or 577655\r\n\r\n[Verses]                    [Coda]\r\nG     = 320033 or xx5433     Asus4 = x02230 or 577755\r\nG/F#  = 2x0033 or xx4433     A     = x02220 or 577655\r\nG7/F  = 1x0033 or xx3433\r\nE     = xx2100 or 022100\r\nE7/D  = xx0130 or E7 = 022130\r\nE6/Db = x46650 or E6 = 022120\r\nE/B   = x22100\r\nGm/Bb = x10033\r\nGm    = 3x0333\r\nD     = xx0232\r\nD7    = xx0212\r\n\r\n[Sitar riff]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D7/C[/ch]    [ch]D6/B[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n||: /  /  /__/  /  |  /  /__/  /  / :|| [x4][/tab]\r\n    ^  ^     ^        ^     ^\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you think you're having good times...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G7/F[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]E7/D[/ch]     [ch]E6/Db[/ch]\r\n   ...With a boy that you just met,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/B[/ch]   [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       Kicking sand from beach to beach,[/tab]\r\n(Paper sun------!)\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYour clothes all soaking wet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut, if you look around,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]G7/F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7/D[/ch]   [ch]E6/Db[/ch]\r\nAnd see  your shadow on the run,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/B[/ch]    [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n        Don't be too up - set,[/tab]\r\n(On the run------!)\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause ...it's just a paper sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Sitar riff]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D7/C[/ch]    [ch]D6/B[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n||: /  /  /__/  /  |  /  /__/  /  / :|| [x4][/tab]\r\n    ^  ^     ^        ^     ^\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the room where you've been sleeping,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]G7/F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E7/D[/ch]       [ch]E6/Db[/ch]\r\nAll  your clothes are thrown a - bout,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/B[/ch]   [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       Cigarettes burn window sills,[/tab]\r\n(Paper sun!)\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYour meters all run out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut, there again, its nothing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]G7/F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]E7/D[/ch]   [ch]E6/Db[/ch]\r\nYou  just split when day is done,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/B[/ch]    [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n        Hitching lifts to nowhere,[/tab]\r\n(Day is done!)\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHung up on the paper sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Sitar riff]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D7/C[/ch]    [ch]D6/B[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n||: /  /  /__/  /  |  /  /__/  /  / :|| [x4][/tab]\r\n    ^  ^     ^        ^     ^\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D7/C[/ch]   [ch]D6/B[/ch]  [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D7/C[/ch]   [ch]D6/B[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nStanding in the cool  of my room, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D7/C[/ch]    [ch]D6/B[/ch]    [ch]D/A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7/C[/ch]\r\nFresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D6/B[/ch]     [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToo much sun will burn,             too much...[/tab]\r\n                 (Too much sun will burn!)\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n...sun will burn,[/tab]\r\n           (Too much sun will burn!)\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you're feeling tired and lonely,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]G7/F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7/D[/ch]  [ch]E6/Db[/ch]\r\nYou  see  people going home,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E/B[/ch]   [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n       You can't make that train fare,[/tab]\r\n(Paper sun!)\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOr a sixpence for the phone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]G7/F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd icicles you're crying from your cheek,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7/D[/ch]      [ch]E6/Db[/ch]   [ch]E/B[/ch]       [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]\r\nHave just be - gun,              don't be sad,[/tab]\r\n                      (Just be - gun!)\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Good times are had be - neath the paper sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Cm7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Coda]\r\n [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n(Oh, woh - oh - oh! Oh, woh - oh - oh!)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(Oh, woh - oh - oh! Oh, woh - oh - oh!)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDaylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe boy that had given you so much fun,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHas left you so cold     ...in the paper sun![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus4[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n       In the ...paper sun,  in the paper sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Asus4[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the paper sun, in the paper sun  (That's the one!)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[A couple of Sitar riff options adapted for guitar]\r\n[tab]   Maintaining an open D string drone\r\n   (D)        (D7)        (D6)     (D)\r\ne|-------------------|-------------------|\r\nB|-----3------1------|--0----------------|\r\nG|-------------------|---------2---------| [x4]\r\nD|--0----0------0----|-----0--------0-0--|\r\nA|-------------------|-------------------|\r\nE|-------------------|-------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab] Adding a descending bass note progression\r\n    D        D7/C      D6/B   D/A\r\ne|-------------------|-------------------|\r\nB|-------3--------3--|-----3--------3----|\r\nG|-----2---2----2----|----2--------2--2--| [x4]\r\nD|--0----------------|-------------------|\r\nA|------------3------|--2------0---------|\r\nE|-------------------|-------------------|[/tab]\r\nFor the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my\r\nThe remaining chord boxes can be the default\r\n\r\n  D7/C        G         G/F#       G7/F      E6/Db\r\n\r\n        Gm         Bb         A         Asus4\r","plain_text":"The descending bass note progressions add extra\nbass note after the slashes.\nof options to simulate the sitar riff.\n\nRegarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the\n\n[Intro and Bridge]             [Choruses]\nD    = xx0232                  Cm7 = x35343\nD7/C = x30212 or D7 = xx0212   Bb  = x13331 or 688766\nD6/B = x20202 or D6 = xx0202   G   = 320033 or 355433\nD/A  = x00232                  A   = x02220 or 577655\n\n[Verses]                    [Coda]\nG     = 320033 or xx5433     Asus4 = x02230 or 577755\nG/F#  = 2x0033 or xx4433     A     = x02220 or 577655\nG7/F  = 1x0033 or xx3433\nE     = xx2100 or 022100\nE7/D  = xx0130 or E7 = 022130\nE6/Db = x46650 or E6 = 022120\nE/B   = x22100\nGm/Bb = x10033\nGm    = 3x0333\nD     = xx0232\nD7    = xx0212\n\n[Sitar riff]\n\n    ^  ^     ^        ^     ^\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n(Paper sun------!)\n\n\n\n\n(On the run------!)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Sitar riff]\n\n    ^  ^     ^        ^     ^\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n(Paper sun!)\n\n\n\n\n(Day is done!)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Sitar riff]\n\n    ^  ^     ^        ^     ^\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n                 (Too much sun will burn!)\n\n           (Too much sun will burn!)\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n(Paper sun!)\n\n\n\n                      (Just be - gun!)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[A couple of Sitar riff options adapted for guitar]\n\n\nFor the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my\nThe remaining chord boxes can be the default\n\n  D7/C        G         G/F#       G7/F      E6/Db\n\n        Gm         Bb         A         Asus4","chords":["D","D7/C","D7","Bb","D6/B","D6","G","D/A","A","Asus4","G/F","G7/F","E","E7/D","E7","E6/Db","E6","E/B","Gm/Bb","Gm","G/F#","Cm7","F","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}