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all the instruments going on.  This is my best shake (the chords don't 
well, but you should be able to figure it out just listening to the chord 
This is the basic bass/guitar riff they play at the intro and all the 
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B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D---------2-0--------------------|
A-----0-2-----0---0---0-2-0------|
E-0-4---------------4-------4-0--|
BI heaErd you're suffering
C#mCome bEe a wild thing
G#mCome rEun wBith EJackie, me, and this lady
BThe sEtupid house you made
C#mFell aEway like paper lace
G#mCome rEun wBith EJackie, me, and this lady
B    A    B
G#mAnd when yAou're done crying to everyone
BYou can Ego back to your good home
G#mShe will be tired
But Ashe'll be glad
WheBn you go back
To Eyour good home
BPaper Eburns and paper fades and
C#mpaper Ecrumples into ugly shapes
G#mCome rEun wBith EJackie, me, and this lady
B    A    B
G#mAnd when yAou're done crying to everyone
BYou can Ego back to your good home
G#mShe will be tired
But Ashe'll be glad
WheBn you go back
To Eyour good home
G#mAnd when sAhe's done dancing with everyone
BShe will Ego back to your good home
G#mShe will bAe tired from loving everyone
BBut she'Ell be glad that you're back home
EBut for now
UntF#mil you're home
You Aride with us
There waBs no way you could have known
AboC#mut the thingEs she didn't know she couldn't trust
EOh sanctuary, oh sanctuary (repeat through)
EOh for now
UntF#mil you're home
You Aride with us
There waBs no way you could have known
AboC#mut the thingEs she didn't know she couldn't trust
EOh sanctuary, oh sanctuary (repeat through)
Oh wG#mhat's in the world?
WhatE's in the world?
WhatG#m's in tEhe hearts of pretty girls?
(this following part i'm not 100% on)
TherBe's nothing left
InsAide the room you've filled
WiC#mth lion skins and laurels
ThoC#mse werBe good ideas
ADiamonds and pearls 
BThe sEtupid house you made
C#mFell aEway like paper lace

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Paper Lace

by Sunset Rubdown

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C#m

G#m

F#m

all the instruments going on. This is my best shake (the chords don't

well, but you should be able to figure it out just listening to the chord

This is the basic bass/guitar riff they play at the intro and all the

e--------------------------------|

B--------------------------------|

G--------------------------------|

D---------2-0--------------------|

A-----0-2-----0---0---0-2-0------|

E-0-4---------------4-------4-0--|

B E

I heard you're suffering

C#m E

Come be a wild thing

G#m E B E

Come run with Jackie, me, and this lady

B E

The stupid house you made

C#m E

Fell away like paper lace

G#m E B E

Come run with Jackie, me, and this lady

B A B

G#m A

And when you're done crying to everyone

B E

You can go back to your good home

G#m

She will be tired

But she'll be glad

When you go back

To your good home

B E

Paper burns and paper fades and

C#m E

paper crumples into ugly shapes

G#m E B E

Come run with Jackie, me, and this lady

B A B

G#m A

And when you're done crying to everyone

B E

You can go back to your good home

G#m

She will be tired

But she'll be glad

When you go back

To your good home

G#m A

And when she's done dancing with everyone

B E

She will go back to your good home

G#m A

She will be tired from loving everyone

B E

But she'll be glad that you're back home

But for now

F#m

Until you're home

You ride with us

There was no way you could have known

C#m E

About the things she didn't know she couldn't trust

Oh sanctuary, oh sanctuary (repeat through)

Oh for now

F#m

Until you're home

You ride with us

There was no way you could have known

C#m E

About the things she didn't know she couldn't trust

Oh sanctuary, oh sanctuary (repeat through)

G#m

Oh what's in the world?

What's in the world?

G#m E

What's in the hearts of pretty girls?

(this following part i'm not 100% on)

There's nothing left

Inside the room you've filled

C#m

With lion skins and laurels

C#m B

Those were good ideas

Diamonds and pearls

B E

The stupid house you made

C#m E

Fell away like paper lace

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