Chords for Fiona Apple - Paper Bag (Official HD Video)
Tempo:
93.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
G
C
F
E
A
G
C
F
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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.
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [Dm] .
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] .
[A] [F] [G] [Cm] .
[Dm] [Cm] [G] .
[N] .
[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.
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [Dm] .
[G] [C] [F] [C] [G] .
[A] [F] [G] [Cm] .
[Dm] [Cm] [G] .
[N] .
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