Paper Trails
Emmy The GreatVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I've gone as far as I can go
The rest you must do alone
With your pants around your knees
You said "don't leave me please"
But this is as far as I can go
And so I swivel on my heel
And soon the green becomes the grey
Now that my sister's cleaned my car
I can depart from where you are
I never liked the country anyway
The birds, they steal things from my sleep
They sing the promises I couldn't keep
Last night I dreamed my alphabet
Out of my voice, all pretty plastic shapes
Muted microphones
Turned in my hands to ice cream cones
And the silence was all syrupy, all candy, tarts and cake
The sad curl and shine of baby spit
And a secret trail that leaves beyond a tick
Oh, the sad curl and smear of baby spit
I said "yes" but I did not agree to this
Last night I dreamed of paper trails
Dolls without faces joined infinitely with fingerless armS
Blank as the air was dead and sound is chasing the stillness all around
Is choking the vibrations
Beady little tales of sewing needles and a ball of string
Tear them apa- aart and make them sing
Of sewing needles and ball of string
My useless heart, a wedding ring
Apologies are boring and they're trite
But if desired, I will see what I can find
As soon as the concrete comes into view
Pencil to paper we'll move for you
Squeeze our time together to lines and lines and lines of fifty words
Across the page
Big decision all contained in a phrase
I know I promised you all along
Forgive me please, for I cannot
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Readable chord sheet for Paper Trails by Emmy The Great
[C]I've go[G]ne as far a[Am]s I can go The re[F]st you mu[G]st do al[C]one With your pa[F]nts around your kn[G]ees You said "do[C]n't leave me ple[A7]ase" But th[F]is is as f[G]ar as I can g[C]o And s[C]o I s[G]wivel on my[Am] heel And so[F]on the gre[G]en becomes the g[C]rey Now that my sis[F]ter's cleaned my [G]car I can dep[C]art from where you a[A7]re I never li[F]ked the country anyway The birds, they st[C]eal things fr[G]om my sl[F]eep They sing the p[F]romis[G]es I couldn't ke[C]ep [C]Last night I dr[G]eamed my alphab[Am]et Out of my vo[F]ice, all p[G]retty plastic sh[C]apes M[F]uted micropho[G]nes Turned in my ha[C]nds to ice cream co[A7]nes And the si[F]lence was all syrupy, all candy, tarts and cake The s[C]ad curl and sh[G]ine of baby sp[F]it And a sec[F]ret trail that le[G]aves beyond a [C]tick Oh, the s[C]ad curl and s[G]mear of baby s[F]pit I said "y[F]es" but I did n[G]ot agree to t[C]his Last n[C]ight I dre[G]amed of paper tr[Am]ails Dolls without fac[F]es joined inf[G]initely with fi[C]ngerless armS [F]Blank as the air was d[G]ead and sound is cha[C]sing the stillness a[A7]ll around Is[F] choking the vibrations [F]Beady little tales of sewing nee[C]dles and a b[G]all of st[F]ring Tear them a[F]pa- aa[G]rt and make them si[C]ng Of sewing nee[C]dles and b[G]all of stri[F]ng My useless [F]hear[G]t, a wedding ri[C]ng Ap[C]ologies are bo[G]ring and they're t[Am]rite But if de[F]sired, I will s[G]ee what I can f[C]ind As s[F]oon as the concrete co[G]mes into view P[C]encil to paper we'll m[A7]ove for you [F]Squeeze our time together to lines and lines and lines of fifty words [F]Across the page B[F]ig decision all cont[G]ained in a ph[Am]rase I know I pr[C]omised [G]you all al[Am]ong Forgive me pl[F]ease[G], for I can[C]not