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Treading Paper

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Key: C  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
   Amx02210
    Ax02220
    F133211
   Dmxx0231
    G320003
    E022100
Intro:   Am  
Verse 1:
All my life I've been treading
paper in the space between the words
And  A  Fthere implied is that 
I'm but another body for the birdsA  
Amcarrion absurd and accidental 
Fatoms beating AmairA  
Amcarrying on unwitting orphan 
of an Aunyielding desAmpair
Guitar Solo:    Amx2
Verse 2:
But Amlinger on just for a moment
until Dmwe can ascerAtain if
Amsomething's wrong with me
Or the assumptions of these 
Dmself indicted Abrains
Because AmI contend that Gall 
of this is more than just 
a Dmmeaningless chaArade
That Ameach and every moment is 
                             A(hold)
a bottle with a message hid away
Chorus 1:
  FIf anyAmthing means anyGthing
There must Dmbe something Ammeant 
for us to Gbe a Fsong 
that Amwe were made to Gsing
There must Dmbe so much 
Ammore than we can Gsee
Verse 3:
But Amall our lives Gwe've
been treading paper 
in the sFpace between the Awords
And Amthere implied's the Gthought 
that we are barely more than 
Fbodies for the Abirds Amcarrion
They Gsay that we're just accidental 
Dmatoms beating Aair Amcarrying on and Gon
Unwitting orphans of an Dmunyielding 
desApair 
Bridge:
  DmBut our hearts 
tell a different sFtory
  Dmour hands feel a different Epulse
Chorus 2:
Silence: 
  FIf anyCthing means anyGthing
There must Fbe something Cmeant 
for us to Gbe
Distortion:
  FIf anyAmthing means anyGthing
There must Dmbe something mAmeant 
for us to Gbe Fa song
that Amwe were made to Gsing
There must Dmbe so much 
Ammore than we can Gsee
Outro:
Something Ffathomless deeper Dmthan our 
pride can dive Fnuminous higher Dmthan
Our hearts can rise Ftranscendent
further Dmthan our thoughts
can reach Fimmanent
                     Dm  A(hold)
closer than the air we breathe

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Treading Paper

by Thrice

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Key:

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

x02210

x02220

133211

xx0231

320003

022100

Intro:

Verse 1:

All my life I've been treading

paper in the space between the words

A F

And there implied is that

I'm but another body for the birds

carrion absurd and accidental

F Am A

atoms beating air

carrying on unwitting orphan

A Am

of an unyielding despair

Guitar Solo: x2

Verse 2:

But linger on just for a moment

Dm A

until we can ascertain if

Amsomething's wrong with me

Or the assumptions of these

Dm A

self indicted brains

Am G

Because I contend that all

of this is more than just

Dm A

a meaningless charade

That each and every moment is

(hold)

a bottle with a message hid away

Chorus 1:

F Am G

If anything means anything

Dm Am

There must be something meant

G F

for us to be a song

Am G

that we were made to sing

There must be so much

Am G

more than we can see

Verse 3:

Am G

But all our lives we've

been treading paper

F A

in the space between the words

Am G

And there implied's the thought

that we are barely more than

F A Am

bodies for the birds carrion

They say that we're just accidental

Dm A Am G

atoms beating air carrying on and on

Unwitting orphans of an unyielding

despair

Bridge:

But our hearts

tell a different story

Dm E

our hands feel a different pulse

Chorus 2:

Silence:

F C G

If anything means anything

F C

There must be something meant

for us to be

Distortion:

F Am G

If anything means anything

Dm Am

There must be something meant

G F

for us to be a song

Am G

that we were made to sing

There must be so much

Am G

more than we can see

Outro:

F Dm

Something fathomless deeper than our

F Dm

pride can dive numinous higher than

Our hearts can rise transcendent

further than our thoughts

can reach immanent

Dm A

(hold)

closer than the air we breathe

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