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A#mI'm like a paper cuC#p with a pin prA#mick
A#mYou can fill me C#up but I'll only stay full for a whileCm  
A#mAnd wisdom's only shown me C#that my loneliness is all my fauA#mltF#  
A#mAnd it's all my faF#ult
A#mAnd I don't knF#ow
A#mWhat I have done wrongF#  
YA#mou say you understand mF#e well I don't get yC#ou at allF#  
IA#mt seems everyone around F#me is so good at fakD#ming it that I don't knowF#  
FJust how to D#mact
FAround F#you
I'm like a paper bag but the bottoms wet
It must be something bleeding internally inside
I didn't know the things that you never did could stay with you your whole life
And I don't know
What I have done wrong
You say you understand me well I don't get you at all
It seems everyone around me is so good at faking it that I don't know
Just how to act
Around you
And how to act
About you
F#I've got a memory but I can't hear what you're saying
You're looking straight at me but I'm looking the oC#ther way

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Paper Bag

by Dear and the Headlights

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A#m

D#m

A#m C# A#m

I'm like a paper cup with a pin prick

A#m C# Cm

You can fill me up but I'll only stay full for a while

A#m C# A#m F#

And wisdom's only shown me that my loneliness is all my fault

A#m F#

And it's all my fault

A#m F#

And I don't know

A#m F#

What I have done wrong

A#m F# C# F#

You say you understand me well I don't get you at all

A#m F# D#m F#

It seems everyone around me is so good at faking it that I don't know

F D#m

Just how to act

F F#

Around you

I'm like a paper bag but the bottoms wet

It must be something bleeding internally inside

I didn't know the things that you never did could stay with you your whole life

And I don't know

What I have done wrong

You say you understand me well I don't get you at all

It seems everyone around me is so good at faking it that I don't know

Just how to act

Around you

And how to act

About you

I've got a memory but I can't hear what you're saying

You're looking straight at me but I'm looking the other way

About Paper Bag Chords by Dear and the Headlights

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