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All Finger Picking [Intro] E|--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3-----------3------3---| B|------1--------1--------1--------1----------3---------3--------3---| G|----2--------0--------2--------0------------0-------0----------0---| D|--3--------2--------3--------2--------------------0----------0-----| X2 A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------0h3-------------------------| [Verses] E|--------3-----3--------3-----3----------3---------3----------3------------3-------3----| B|------1---1----------1---1------------1---------1------------3----------3---------3----| G|----2-------2------0-------0--------2---------0--------------0--------0-----------0----| D|--3--------------2----------------3---------2-----------------------0----------0-------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------0h3----------------------------| V1 Down to………… shop I’d……………. shoulder…… bag down the Irvine Road V2 my feet………… morning light…… racing…… dawn as the sky grew bright V3 rain poured…… back of my…… deliver…… news of death and sex E|--------0---0---------0--------3---------3------3-|--------3-------3-------------3-----3-| B|------1-------------1----------3-------3--------3-|------1-------1-------------3-------3-| G|----0-----0-------0------------0-----0----------0-|----0-------0-------------0---------0-| D|-----------------------------------0---------0----|--2-------3-------------0--------0----| A|--3-------------2---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------0h3---------------------|--------------------0h3---------------| V1 counicil………. row on row I……… paper boy V2 everything world was right V3Rodesia…… Malcom X E|--------3-----3--------3-----3----------3---------3----------3------------3-------3----| B|------1---1----------1---1------------1---------1------------3----------3---------3----| G|----2-------2------0-------0--------2---------0--------------0--------0-----------0----| D|--3--------------2----------------3---------2-----------------------0----------0-------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------0h3----------------------------| V1 Daily Record… People’s Friend… down……… sunny side again V2 walk the……… empty street……… ring……… sound of my own V3 Crow in…… way up high hung as a warning left to die E|--------0---0---------0--------3---------3------3-|--------3-------3-----| B|------1-------------1----------3-------3--------3-|------1-------1-------| G|----0-----0-------0------------0-----0----------0-|----2-------0---------|blend straight D|-----------------------------------0---------0----|--3-------------------|in with Riff 1 A|--3-------------2---------------------------------|----------2---------3-|by skipping the E|--------------------------0h3---------------------|----------------------|very 1st note (see Below) V1 Under……… railway bends I……… paper boy V2 walk along…… own heartbeat V3 moaning…… morning sky Intro Riff with 1st note replaced by last note of precious bar E|-----3--------3--------3--------3--------3-----------3------3---| B|---1--------1--------1--------1----------3---------3--------3---| G|-2--------0--------2--------0------------0-------0----------0---| D|--------2--------3--------2--------------------0----------0-----| X2 A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------0h3----------------------| Outro - Same As modified intro riff above except the very end (see below) E|-----3--------3--------3--------3---------3--------3----3--| B|---1--------1--------1--------1---------1--------1------1--| G|-2--------0--------2--------0---------0--------0--------0--| D|--------2--------3--------2---------0----------------------| A|---------------------------------------------2----------3--| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| [Lyrics] Down to the agent's shop I'd go I'd shoulder my bag down the Irvine Road Past the council houses row on row, When I was a paper boy With the Daily Record and the People's Friend I'd go down to the sunny side again Under the bridge where the railway bends When I was a paper boy And my feet flew in the morning light Racing the dawn as the sky grew bright And everything in the world was right When I was a paper boy I'd walk the morning and the empty streets Would ring to the sound of my own two feet And I'd walk in step to my own heartbeat When I was a paper boy As the rain rolled down the back of my neck I'd deliver the news of death and sex Rhodesia, Speck and Malcolm X When I was a paper boy There's a crow in a treetop way up high Hung as a warning left to die And a moaning wind in the morning sky When I was a paper boy