Song: Paper sun
Artist: Traffic
Composers: Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi
Tabbed by: DJ
3rd June 2014
D = xx0232 E6/Db = x42400 or E6 = 022120
D7/C = x30212 or D7 = xx0212 E/B = x22100
D6/B = x20202 or D6 = xx0202 Gm/Bb = x10033
D/A = x00232 Gm = 355333
G = 320033 or xx5433 D7 = xx0212
G/F# = 2x0033 or xx4433 Cm7 = x35343
G7/F = 1x0033 or xx3033 Bb = x13331 or 688766
E = xx2100 or 022100 A = x02220 or 577655
E7/D = xx0130 or E7 = 022130 A4 = x02230 or 577755
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[Intro riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
So you think you're having good times ...with a boy that you just met,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Kicking sand from beach to beach, your clothes all soaking wet,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, if you look around, and see your shadow on the run,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be too up - set, because ...it's just a paper sun!
(On the run------!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 2]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
In the room where you've been sleeping, all your clothes are thrown a - bout,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Cigarettes burn window sills, your meters all run out,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, there again, its nothing, you just split when day is done,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Hitching lifts to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun!
(Day is done----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Bridge]
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C D6/B D/A
Standing in the cool of my room, | / / / / |
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,
D6/B D/A D F G D D F G D
Too much sun will burn, too much sun will burn!
(Too much sun will burn!) (Too much sun will burn!)
[Verse 3]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
When you're feeling tired and lonely, you see people going home,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
You can't make that train fare, or a sixpence for the phone,
(Paper sun----!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
And icicles you're crying...from your cheek, have just be - gun,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be sad, good times are had ...be - neath the paper sun!
(Just be - gun----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Coda]
A4 A
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Daylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
A seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
The boy that had given you so much fun,
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Has left you so cold ...in the paper sun!
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A A4
In the ...paper sun, in the paper sun-----,
A A4 A
In the paper sun---, in the paper sun-----! (That's the one!)
