Tift Merritt Guitar Chords & Lyrics: "Papercut"

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PAPERCUT (Tift Merritt)
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* Actually in Bbm; capo 6.
* Each chord is one measure.
* In the intro, play: B-D-E, F#, F#-E, D-B, B-A-B-D, E, F#, F#-E, D-B, B-A-B-D

Em   Bm   Em   Bm
[intro]

            Em    Bm                 Em   Bm
Under the skin,      but no further in
       Am            Am        C              C
I've seen it before,    I was hoping for more
             Em    Bm                 Em   Bm
If I could choose,    I'd rather a bruise
     Am              Am             C            C
I'd just rather lose    than hear another excuse

              Em   G      Am                  Em
You're just a papercut, I don't know why it would hurt
  Dm                C                  Em   Em
I can't see why it would hurt, but it does

               Em                 Bm
I live in the air (I'm split in two)
               Em                       Bm
It's open and bare (don't know what to do)
      Am               Am         C       C
I've never been scared    of a little red

              Em   G      Am                  Em
You're just a papercut, I don't know why it would hurt
  Dm                C                  Em   Em
I can't see why it would hurt, but it does

C                 Em    C                         Em
  So I make my escape,    from all of this plastic tape
C                      Em       G            D
  Where you play it so safe, so straight, so straight
C                      Em     C                  Em
  My heart will open again, reach way down and deep in
C                     Em        G            D
  It won't take very long, this mark will be gone

              Em   G      Am                  Em
You're just a papercut, I don't know why it would hurt
  Dm                C                  Em   Em
I can't see why it would hurt, but it does
              Em   G      Am                  Em
You're just a papercut, I don't know why it would hurt
  Dm                C                  Em   Bm  Em  Bm  Em  Bm  Em  Bm  Em.
I can't see why it would hurt, but it does  [ending, similar to intro]




- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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