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Illy - Papercuts
Capo 2.
[Chords]
 Amx02210
 Bmx24432
  Cx32010 
  Dxx0232
[Verse 1]
N.C
En garde, my god, how she get at me
Either we'll never get it right or it's meant to be
My ego, her pride, some recipe
We're our biggest fans and our own worst enemies
Ain't shy, let the whole world know
Have 'em tuned into the blow by blow
She move, I move, let her go, I go
Stir it up, stand back, watch the firework show
Ayo, too proud to quit when it's broken
Too in denial to admit when it's over
Drowning at separate ends of an ocean
Both in too deep to know where the coast is
Surrounded by waves in a hurricanes
Gaze, when we together ain't none of y'all safe
So buckle or get out of our way
Up in smoke, down in flames cause man
[Chorus]
CWhen we fight fire with fire
CWhen we cross the line, aBmyo
Maybe hAmappy ever after's ain't for us
Ain't Cno surprise when
When wCe play with knives, ayoBm  
      AmN.C.
Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts
[Instrumental]
C          D   C       D  Bm       C   Am       Bm
C          D   C       D  Bm       C   Am       Bm
[Verse 2]
N.C. 
One by one on the hunt
Nowhere to hide, nowhere left to run
But I'd rather war with you all of summer
Than a low key peace with another, ayy
One by one every cut
Yeah, it gets deep, but who they to judge
Cause when it's on we roll like the thunder
Then it's RIP to the others ayy
Cycle repeat till the lesson get learned, man
You play with fire, bridges get burnt, man
The standoff only making this worse
But don't nobody move and nobody gets hurt, man
We just caught in our ways
Sucker-punches traded, all fun and games
Until the cards, fall where they may
Then it's all 'can't even, whatever, anyway'
[Chorus]
CWhen we fight fire with fire
CWhen we cross the line, aBmyo
Maybe hAmappy ever after's ain't for us
Ain't Cno surprise when
When wCe play with knives, ayoBm  
      AmN.C.
Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts
[Instrumental]
C          D   C       D  Bm       C   Am       Bm
C          D   C       D  Bm       C   Am       Bm
[Verse 3]
N.C.
I know when you're weakest
You know where my demons hide
Put us on a knife edge
We tear down everything inside, and
I know when you're weakest
You know where my demons hide
Put us on a knife edge
We'll tear down everything inside
When will we learn
We've come too far in this to see
How much it hurts
When will we learn
You and I
We've come too far in this to know
When to let go
Are we our better halves
If we only make it worse?
Are we better off apart
But can't say the words?
When will we learn
You and I
We've come too far in this to see
All we ever do is bleed
[Chorus]
CWhen we fight fire with fire
CWhen we cross the line, aBmyo
Maybe hAmappy ever after's ain't for us
Ain't Cno surprise when
When wCe play with knives, ayoBm  
      AmN.C.
Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts
N.C.
I know when you're weakest
You know where my demons hide
Put us on a knife edge
We'll tear down everything inside, yeah
I know when you're weakest
You know where my demons hide
Put us on a knife edge
We'll tear down everything inside
Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

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Papercuts

by Illy

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Illy - Papercuts

Capo 2.

[Chords]

x02210

x24432

x32010

xx0232

[Verse 1]

N.C

En garde, my god, how she get at me

Either we'll never get it right or it's meant to be

My ego, her pride, some recipe

We're our biggest fans and our own worst enemies

Ain't shy, let the whole world know

Have 'em tuned into the blow by blow

She move, I move, let her go, I go

Stir it up, stand back, watch the firework show

Ayo, too proud to quit when it's broken

Too in denial to admit when it's over

Drowning at separate ends of an ocean

Both in too deep to know where the coast is

Surrounded by waves in a hurricanes

Gaze, when we together ain't none of y'all safe

So buckle or get out of our way

Up in smoke, down in flames cause man

[Chorus]

When we fight fire with fire

C Bm

When we cross the line, ayo

Maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise when

C Bm

When we play with knives, ayo

N.C.

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

[Instrumental]

C D C D Bm C Am Bm

[Verse 2]

N.C.

One by one on the hunt

Nowhere to hide, nowhere left to run

But I'd rather war with you all of summer

Than a low key peace with another, ayy

One by one every cut

Yeah, it gets deep, but who they to judge

Cause when it's on we roll like the thunder

Then it's RIP to the others ayy

Cycle repeat till the lesson get learned, man

You play with fire, bridges get burnt, man

The standoff only making this worse

But don't nobody move and nobody gets hurt, man

We just caught in our ways

Sucker-punches traded, all fun and games

Until the cards, fall where they may

Then it's all 'can't even, whatever, anyway'

[Chorus]

When we fight fire with fire

C Bm

When we cross the line, ayo

Maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise when

C Bm

When we play with knives, ayo

N.C.

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

[Instrumental]

C D C D Bm C Am Bm

[Verse 3]

N.C.

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

We tear down everything inside, and

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

We'll tear down everything inside

When will we learn

We've come too far in this to see

How much it hurts

When will we learn

You and I

We've come too far in this to know

When to let go

Are we our better halves

If we only make it worse?

Are we better off apart

But can't say the words?

When will we learn

You and I

We've come too far in this to see

All we ever do is bleed

[Chorus]

When we fight fire with fire

C Bm

When we cross the line, ayo

Maybe happy ever after's ain't for us

Ain't no surprise when

C Bm

When we play with knives, ayo

N.C.

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

N.C.

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

We'll tear down everything inside, yeah

I know when you're weakest

You know where my demons hide

Put us on a knife edge

We'll tear down everything inside

Ain't no broken pride and these aren't paper cuts

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