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Getting Started - by ToneTraveler
To learn Fiona Apple - Paper Bag chords with lyrics, your primary focus should be mastering these chords: F, G, C, B, E, C, G. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 46 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 94. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: C.
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E _ _ _ _ .
I was staring at
C the sky,
G just looking for
D a star
E to pray
C on or wish
G on or something
B like that.
E I was having the
C sweet fix
G of a daydream
D of a boy
F whose reality
Em I knew
A was a hopeless.
to be had.
But
E then the dove
C of hope
G began its downward
D slope.
But
E I believed for a
C moment that my chances
G were approaching
B to be grailed.
E But as it came
C down near, so
G did a weary
F tear.
Em I thought it
C# was a bird, but
A it was just a paper bag.
G Hunger hurts,
C and I want him
F so
G bad.
I know _ _
Em I'm a mess, he
F don't want to clean up.
I
G got to fold,
C cause these hands are
F too
G shaky to hold.
Hunger hurts,
C# starving works,
Cm but it _ _ _ costs too much
G to love.
_
Bm _ .
_ _ _ _
E And I
C went crazy
G again
Bm today, looking for
E a strand to climb.
C Looking for
G a little hope.
B _ _
E _ _
C Baby
G said it couldn't
Bm stay, wouldn't
Dm hurt.
It's
F good to
Em mine, it'll fail, but it
A pisses a fail to cope.
I
E said, honey, I
C don't feel so
G good, don't
Bm feel justified.
E Come on,
C put a little
G love here in
B my boy.
He
E said, it's all in your
C head.
I said,
G so's everything, but he
B didn't get it.
F C I
Em thought he
A was a man, but he
Am was just a little boy.
G Hunger hurts,
C and I want him
F so bad.
G Oh, it kills, cause I know I'm
C a mess, he
F don't want to clean up.
I
G got to fold, cause
C these hands are
F too shaky
G to hold.
Hunger hurts, but
A starving works, but it costs _ _ _ too much
G to love.
C I'm a mess, but I want
F him so bad.
G Oh, it kills, cause I know
C I'm a mess, he
F don't want to clean up.
I
G got to fold, cause
C these hands are
F too shaky
G to hold.
Em Hunger hurts, but
A starving works, but it costs _ _ _ _
Dm too much
G to love.
C Hunger hurts, but I want
F him so bad.
Oh,
G it kills, cause I know
C I'm a mess, he
F don't want to clean up.
I got
G to fold,
C cause these hands are
F too shaky
G to hold.
Em Hunger hurts, but
A starving works, but it _ _ costs too much to
G love.
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