Chords for John Hiatt - Paper Thin (Live at Farm Aid 1990)
Tempo:
124.45 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Bm
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This next artist has written over 600 songs, an awful lot of them have been recorded by the who's who of American music.
As a matter of fact, two of them are on the charts right now.
He's a recording artist in his [E] own right too, working on his [Bm] 11th solo [E] album coming out [N] soon.
Please welcome, who's your born and bred, John Hyatt!
[B]
[B]
[Bm] [B]
I was gonna get up off of that bus, whoo
[E] [G]
Just a [A] song, like a fairy [B] light
[Bm] [B]
Why would somebody look at me, carpool
[G] I stood up at the [A] dance with no two [B] sides show
[G] [A] The fire with your last desire
Ain't never been where I want you
You're riding down in [E] alcohol, [D] fire
That's the only [F#] thing that wants you
[B] Baby, thank you, need all the fighting
You were out of luck, when [A] luck was doing alright
[B] Baby, thank [G] you, for everything [E] I do
[D] You catch a little freak, [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] I was gonna get up off of that bus
[Bm] Do I really have to be [B] irresponsible
[Bm] [G] For what [A] I did, but didn't know what to [B] do
[Bm] I [B] was just mixing up some chemicals
[G] You could have [A] had a pen drive, but I heard [B] you did it out of alcohol
[A] Ain't never want to see you no more
You could listen to your heart break
Maybe some paper down with a face that [D] don't smile
We let you ride [F#] another down, but [B] you were paper thin
[E] Need all the fighting
[Bm] You were out of luck, when luck [A] was doing alright
[B] Baby, [E] thank you, for everything I do
[D] You catch a little freak, [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] So [E] [B]
[B]
[F#]
[B] paper, paper man
[D] [D] Paper, [B] paper, paper man
[E] [B] You're paper, paper man
[E] [B]
[E] [D]
[Am] [Bm]
[N]
As a matter of fact, two of them are on the charts right now.
He's a recording artist in his [E] own right too, working on his [Bm] 11th solo [E] album coming out [N] soon.
Please welcome, who's your born and bred, John Hyatt!
[B]
[B]
[Bm] [B]
I was gonna get up off of that bus, whoo
[E] [G]
Just a [A] song, like a fairy [B] light
[Bm] [B]
Why would somebody look at me, carpool
[G] I stood up at the [A] dance with no two [B] sides show
[G] [A] The fire with your last desire
Ain't never been where I want you
You're riding down in [E] alcohol, [D] fire
That's the only [F#] thing that wants you
[B] Baby, thank you, need all the fighting
You were out of luck, when [A] luck was doing alright
[B] Baby, thank [G] you, for everything [E] I do
[D] You catch a little freak, [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] I was gonna get up off of that bus
[Bm] Do I really have to be [B] irresponsible
[Bm] [G] For what [A] I did, but didn't know what to [B] do
[Bm] I [B] was just mixing up some chemicals
[G] You could have [A] had a pen drive, but I heard [B] you did it out of alcohol
[A] Ain't never want to see you no more
You could listen to your heart break
Maybe some paper down with a face that [D] don't smile
We let you ride [F#] another down, but [B] you were paper thin
[E] Need all the fighting
[Bm] You were out of luck, when luck [A] was doing alright
[B] Baby, [E] thank you, for everything I do
[D] You catch a little freak, [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] So [E] [B]
[B]
[F#]
[B] paper, paper man
[D] [D] Paper, [B] paper, paper man
[E] [B] You're paper, paper man
[E] [B]
[E] [D]
[Am] [Bm]
[N]
Key:
B
E
Bm
A
D
B
E
Bm
This next artist has written over 600 songs, an awful lot of them have been recorded by the who's who of American music.
As a matter of fact, two of them are on the charts right now.
He's a recording artist in his [E] own right too, working on his [Bm] 11th solo [E] album coming out [N] soon.
Please welcome, who's your born and bred, John Hyatt!
_ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ I was gonna get up off of that bus, whoo
[E] _ [G] _ _
Just a [A] song, like a fairy [B] light _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ Why would somebody look at me, carpool
_ [G] _ I stood up at the [A] dance with no two [B] sides show _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ The fire with your last desire
_ _ Ain't never been where I want you
_ _ You're riding down in [E] alcohol, [D] fire
That's the only [F#] thing that wants you
[B] Baby, thank you, need all the fighting
You were out of luck, when [A] luck was doing alright
[B] Baby, thank [G] you, for everything [E] I do
[D] You catch a little freak, [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] _ I _ _ _ was gonna get up off of that bus
[Bm] Do I really have to be [B] irresponsible
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ For what [A] I did, but didn't know what to [B] do _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ [B] was just mixing up some chemicals
_ [G] _ You could have [A] had a pen drive, but I heard [B] you did it out of alcohol
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ Ain't never want to see you no more
_ _ You could listen to your heart break
_ _ Maybe some paper down with a face that [D] don't smile
_ We let you ride [F#] another down, but [B] you were paper thin
[E] Need all the fighting
[Bm] You were out of luck, when luck [A] was doing alright
[B] Baby, _ [E] thank you, for everything I do
[D] You catch a little freak, _ [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] _ _ So [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ paper, paper man
[D] _ _ [D] Paper, [B] paper, paper man
[E] _ _ _ [B] You're paper, paper man
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As a matter of fact, two of them are on the charts right now.
He's a recording artist in his [E] own right too, working on his [Bm] 11th solo [E] album coming out [N] soon.
Please welcome, who's your born and bred, John Hyatt!
_ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ I was gonna get up off of that bus, whoo
[E] _ [G] _ _
Just a [A] song, like a fairy [B] light _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ Why would somebody look at me, carpool
_ [G] _ I stood up at the [A] dance with no two [B] sides show _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ The fire with your last desire
_ _ Ain't never been where I want you
_ _ You're riding down in [E] alcohol, [D] fire
That's the only [F#] thing that wants you
[B] Baby, thank you, need all the fighting
You were out of luck, when [A] luck was doing alright
[B] Baby, thank [G] you, for everything [E] I do
[D] You catch a little freak, [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] _ I _ _ _ was gonna get up off of that bus
[Bm] Do I really have to be [B] irresponsible
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ For what [A] I did, but didn't know what to [B] do _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ [B] was just mixing up some chemicals
_ [G] _ You could have [A] had a pen drive, but I heard [B] you did it out of alcohol
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ Ain't never want to see you no more
_ _ You could listen to your heart break
_ _ Maybe some paper down with a face that [D] don't smile
_ We let you ride [F#] another down, but [B] you were paper thin
[E] Need all the fighting
[Bm] You were out of luck, when luck [A] was doing alright
[B] Baby, _ [E] thank you, for everything I do
[D] You catch a little freak, _ [F#] I'm on the edge of the high
[B] _ _ So [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ paper, paper man
[D] _ _ [D] Paper, [B] paper, paper man
[E] _ _ _ [B] You're paper, paper man
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _