Paper In Fire Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Dm][G][C][G]
[Gm][Dm][G][C][G]
[Gm][Dm]

[Verse 1]
She had a [Gm]dream[C]
Boy it [G]was a good [Dm]one
So she [Gm]chased after her dream[C]s
With [G]much desire
[Dm]When she [G]get too [Gm]close[C]
To her [G]ex pectations
[Gm]Well the [F]dream burned up
[C]Just like a paper in fire
[Gm]

[Verse 2]
Paper in [Bb]fire
Stinking up the ash[Gm]tray
[G]Paper in fir[F]e
Smoking up the al[Cm]leyways
Who's to [F]say the way
A man should [Cm]spend his days
[C]Do you let the[F]m smolder
[C]Just like a paper in fire?
[G][Gm][Dm]

[Verse 3]
[Gm]He wanted love[C]
[G]With no inv[Gm]olvement[G]
[Gm]So he chased the wind
That's [G]all his silly [Gm]life [Dm]required
[G]But the [Gm]days of van[C]ity
Went [G]on and on forever
[Gm]And [F]he saw his days [C]burn up
Just like a paper [Cm]in fire
[Gm]

[Verse 4]
Paper in [Bb]fire
Stinking up the ash[G]tray
Paper in [F]fire
Smoking up the al[C]ley[Csus4]ways
Who's to [C]say [F]the way
A man should [C]spend his days
Do you let [F]them smolder
[C]Just like a paper in fire?

[Interlude 1]
[Gm][Dm][Bb][Gm][Bb][G][Gm]
[Bb][C][Csus4]
[C][Cm][Bb][Gm][C][Cm][F]
[Bb][Gm][G][C]
[G][Gm][Dm][G][C]
[G]
[Gm]Yeah there's a good life

[Verse 5]
[G]All across these green field[Gm]s
And every generation
Stares at it from afar [Dm]now
[Gm]But we keep no check[C]
On [G]our appetites
And the [F]green fields turn to brown
[C]Just like a paper in fire (ju[Gm]st like
a paper [G]in [Gm]fire)[G][Gm]
Paper [G]in

[Verse 6]
[Bb]fire
Stinking up the ash[Gm]tray
[G]Paper in fir[F]e
Smoking up the al[C]leyways
Who's to [F]say the way
A man should [C]spend his days
Do you [Cm]let t[F]hem smolder
[C]Just like a paper in fire?
[Gm]

[Verse 7]
See paper in [Bb]fire
Stinking up the [Gm]ash tray
Paper [G]in [F]fire
Smoking up the al[C]leyways
[Csus4]Who's to say[C] the[F] way
A man should [C]spend his days
Do you let [F]them smolder
[C]Just like a paper in fire?

[Outro 1]
[F][Gm]
[C][Gm][G]
[Gm]