Thrice Treading Paper Major Minor 2011 Submitted by: [email protected] Key: C Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: Am x02210 A x02220 F 133211 Dm xx0231 G 320003 E 022100 Intro: Am Verse 1: All my life I've been treading paper in the space between the words A F And there implied is that A I'm but another body for the birds Am carrion absurd and accidental F Am A atoms beating air Am carrying on unwitting orphan A Am of an unyielding despair Guitar Solo: Am x2 Verse 2: Am But linger on just for a moment Dm A until we can ascertain if Amsomething's wrong with me Or the assumptions of these Dm A self indicted brains Am G Because I contend that all of this is more than just Dm A a meaningless charade Am That each and every moment is A(hold) a bottle with a message hid away Chorus 1: F Am G If anything means anything Dm Am There must be something meant G F for us to be a song Am G that we were made to sing Dm There must be so much Am G more than we can see Verse 3: Am G But all our lives we've been treading paper F A in the space between the words Am G And there implied's the thought that we are barely more than F A Am bodies for the birds carrion G They say that we're just accidental Dm A Am G atoms beating air carrying on and on Dm Unwitting orphans of an unyielding A despair Bridge: Dm But our hearts F tell a different story Dm E our hands feel a different pulse Chorus 2: Silence: F C G If anything means anything F C There must be something meant G for us to be Distortion: F Am G If anything means anything Dm Am There must be something meant G F for us to be a song Am G that we were made to sing Dm There must be so much Am G more than we can see Outro: F Dm Something fathomless deeper than our F Dm pride can dive numinous higher than F Our hearts can rise transcendent Dm further than our thoughts F can reach immanent Dm A(hold) closer than the air we breathe
