Owl City - Paper tigers
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Capo: 3
Tuning:
Capo 3:
Intro:G/B C D/F# G/B C G D/F#
Verse:
G/B Well I’ve been huCddled up alD/F#one,
By the fire even thoG/Bugh,
I’m not exCactly feeling cGo--D/F#-ld,
G/B And I’ve been buCndled up for dD/F#ays,
Too confused to be amaG/Bzed,
At all the iCcy water iGn my vD/F#eins,C G D/F#
Refrain:
Why do I feel so aloCne? G D/F#
Verse:
G/B Yeah I’ve been moCving in and D/F#out,
Of this old split-level hG/Bouse,
And I’d just as sCoon burn the wG/Bhole place dD/F#own,
G/B ‘Cause I quit wCorking lumberyD/F#ards,
To build a mansion out of carAm7ds,
But I feel thCin behind these pGaper wD/F#alls,C G D/F#
Refrain:
Why do I feel so aloCne? G D/F#
Chorus:
‘Cause the aGngriest bD/F#ark is always wAm7orse than the bCite,
Like the aGche in my cD/F#hest that my heart dAm7idn’t invCite,
But if the pGrettiestD/F# romance isn’t pAm7erfectly riCght,
Am7 G/B C D/F# G Am7 G/B C G Am7 C D/F# (twice)
That makes every love lost just a holiday every night,
Verse:
G Well I’ve been pCainting through the nD/F#ight,
In the basement out of sigG/Bht,
C G D/f#
Brushing paper tigers black and white,
G/B ‘Cause come tomCorrow afternD/F#oon,
I’ll fill a helium balloonAm7,
And set them fCree into the baGby blue sD/F#ky, C G D/F#
Refrain:
So they won’t have to be alCone,Em D/F#
Chorus:
‘Cause the aGngriest D/F#bark is always wAm7orse than the bCite,
Like the acGhe in my cD/F#hest that my heart diFdn’t invCite,
But if the pGrettiesD/F#t romance isn’t pAm7erfectly riCght,
That makes eAm7very lovG/Be lost just a hColiD/F#day every night,
Bridge:
F But when I cClose these heavy lGids after dD/F#ark,
F Each sweet dream is a taCrget,
And all my sD/F#hots are so consEmistently wCide of the mD/F#ark,
Coda:
‘Cause the aGngriest D/F#bark is always wAm7orse than the bCite,
Like the aGche in my cD/F#hest that my heart dFidn’t invCite,
But if the pGrettieD/F#st romance isn’t peAm7rfectly riCght,
That makes eAm7very lovG/Be lost just a hoCliD/F#day every nightAm7, G/B
Just a hColiD/F#day every night,
Just a hColiD/F#day every night,
C D/F# G Am7 G/B C G Am7 C D/F# (twice)
Just a holiday every night,
Outro:
G/B Well I’ve been hCuddled up aloD/F#ne,
By the fire even thouG/Bgh,
I’m not exCactly feeling cGo-D/F#-ld,
G/B But how my heCartache hit the tD/F#rail,
When a paper tiger taG/Bil,
Fluttered dCown, I guess I’ll nGever kD/F#now,