Arkells - On paper
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Capo: 7
Tuning: G C E A
ON PAPER - THE ARKELLS - ACOUSTIC
From the live acoustic performance in their tour van, featured on YOUTUBE.
Mike's chords are in open tuning.
Max's Chords are played with a capo on 7th fret, all chords are relative position to the capo.
All chords are simple, one chord is played a certain way.
The F/C chord (low to high) EADGBE
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Sometimes Max plays this chord as Fmaj7 EADGBE
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(Play everthing a whole step up to play with record)
Verse:
Em(Am)I was floating across the dance floor
G(C)I was trying to think of something to say
C(F/C)When I went up to your girlfriends
G(C) G/F#(C/B)
And I pulled you away
Em(Am)You were so perfectly pretty
G(C)I could love every mistake
C(F/C)At the end of the night, yeah
G(C) G/F#(C/B)
I asked you your name
And you said, C(F/C)Laura
I couldn't D(G)ignore it
The name of mEm(Am)y old love
It keeps fuckingAm(Dm) me up
CHORUS:
But on C(F/C)paper, I Em(Am)could wrD(G)ite it out for you
On C(F/C)paper, I Em(Am)could drD(G)aw you a picture
On C(F/C)paper, I Em(Am)could fiD(G)nish any story with any eAm(Dm)nding you plC(F/C)ease
VERSE 2:
Em(Am)And I saw you in a dream in the morning
G(C)It's the only time I can remember
C(F/C) G(C) G/F#(C/B)
You were sitting at my kitchen table with no makeup on
Em(Am)And a thought flew in through the front door
G(C)You were so happy to see it
C(F/C) G(C) G/F#(C/B)
You were telling me about everything you saw on tour
And I said, C(F/C)know this
I listen to your D(G)records
I keep you in my Em(Am)head, yeah
you probably got a Am(Dm)boyfriend
PLAY CHORUS
BRIDGE:
C(F/C), Em(Am), D(G), Am(Dm)
C(F/C)I can't keep up, always playing catch up
Em(Am)Talking to you right now would be too much
D(G)Ma told me I got a letter,
Am(Dm)Written from you, it's sitting on the dresser
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PLAY CHORUS (2X)
and ta-da!