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[Chords relative to Capo 1]
       G63xx430
     Em/G3xx45x
       A65xx56x
    Gadd93xx435
        G3xx403
    Cmaj9x3x430
       Cmx3x543
  Dsus2/Ax00230
    Gmaj73x443x
    Cmaj78x998x
       D610-x-12-11-12-x
    Bm/F#2x0430
       Bmx2x430
[Intro]
G6 Em/G A6
G6 Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G
Cmaj9 Cmaj9 Cm G6
[Verse 1]
Em/GPages A6of poEm/Gison G6oak
Gadd9OrdereGd Em/GnumerG6icaGl
Cmaj9Opaque unless
CmOpened and read
G6In context ofEm/G  A6  Em/G  G6  
G6Whatever I've becomeGadd9  G  Em/G  G6  G  
Cmaj9What life held
CmOn a bookshelf
Dsus2/AAnd
[Verse 2]
And every Gmaj7book on that shelf
Is a Cmaj7tale my life will tell
All I Gmaj7know is it starts and it Cmaj7endsD6  
And Gmaj7every step that I take
Is a Cmaj7footprint on display
That just Gmaj7can't be erased
And Cmaj7I can't make D6sense of itCm  
[Verse 3]
G6Turn the page
And Bm/F#watch me Bmwalk Cmaj9away
On a G6paper trail
From where Bm/F#everytBmhing sCmaj9tays
The sameG6  
[Instrumental break]
 G6   Cmaj9x25
At the 12th start adding Cm after every second Cmaj9
[Outro]
G6Worn to the spine I take
Gadd9MeasurGe Em/Gto ilG6lusGtrate
Cmaj9How wide my view
MCmay it relate to you
G6In sequence of
What we've becomeCmaj9  Cmaj9  

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On A Paper Trail

by WATERMEDOWN

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Em/G

Gadd9

Cmaj9

Dsus2/A

Gmaj7

Cmaj7

Bm/F#

[Chords relative to Capo 1]

3xx430

Em/G

3xx45x

5xx56x

Gadd9

3xx435

3xx403

Cmaj9

x3x430

x3x543

Dsus2/A

x00230

Gmaj7

3x443x

Cmaj7

8x998x

10-x-12-11-12-x

Bm/F#

2x0430

x2x430

[Intro]

G6 Em/G A6

G6 Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G

Cmaj9 Cmaj9 Cm G6

[Verse 1]

Em/G A6 Em/G G6

Pages of poison oak

Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G

Ordered numerical

Cmaj9

Opaque unless

Opened and read

G6 Em/G A6 Em/G G6

In context of

G6 Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G

Whatever I've become

Cmaj9

What life held

On a bookshelf

Dsus2/A

And

[Verse 2]

Gmaj7

And every book on that shelf

Cmaj7

Is a tale my life will tell

Gmaj7 Cmaj7 D6

All I know is it starts and it ends

Gmaj7

And every step that I take

Cmaj7

Is a footprint on display

Gmaj7

That just can't be erased

Cmaj7 D6 Cm

And I can't make sense of it

[Verse 3]

Turn the page

Bm/F# Bm Cmaj9

And watch me walk away

On a paper trail

Bm/F# Bm Cmaj9

From where everything stays

The same

[Instrumental break]

G6 Cmaj9

x25

At the 12th start adding Cm after every second Cmaj9

[Outro]

Worn to the spine I take

Gadd9 G Em/G G6 G

Measure to illustrate

Cmaj9

How wide my view

May it relate to you

In sequence of

Cmaj9 Cmaj9

What we've become

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