Paper World

Words and Music by Raccoon

As recorded on White Horse Ranch Sessions

The chord progressions to this song are:

· C, G

· C, F, G

C

I saw the sun rise in the middle of the night

C G

Or was it in the afternoon?

G

Sun don’t rise in the middle of the night

G C

So it must have been a fiery moon

C

I’ve been livin' in a paper world

C G

Been stayin' in paper places

G

There’s nothing in this paper world

G C

Except the empty spaces

C

Look at what I’m goin' through

C G

You’ve seen it all so tell me what to do

G

Look at what’s been done to me

G C

Maybe you can set me free

C

Ain’t no way they can hold me down

C G

Till I’m six feet under ground

G

Ain’t no way they can make me stay

G C

I told them that I’m goin' away and I’m goin' away

C

I’ve been playin' my songs but nobody hears 'em

C G

The way to get my music into people’s hearts

G C

Like little wide-eyed puppy dogs and children in shopping carts

C

I’ve been bringin' back the memories of the people I’ve known

C G

Places I’ve been and places I wanna be

G

Like livin' on a mountain top

G C

On a sandy plain or in the sea

C F G

C F G

C G

C F G C

I’ve been on two wheels - I’ve been on four

F G C G

I’ve been searchin' the sky for an open door

C F

I’ve been sleepin' in the bushes

F G C

I’ve been livin' in the trees

F G C

Most of all I wanna be me

C F

I’m gonna live through the darkness

F G C

I’m gonna live through the death

I know that I can be the best

I’m gonna live through the darkness

I’m gonna live though the death

I’m gonna venture through a desert of desolation

Look at me when the battles won

I’m the dear pastor then the son

Look at me when the people gone

Look at me when the battles won

I’m the dear pastor then the son

Why am I the only one?

Can’t you take the time to listen to the songs I sing?

Of sunny days and happy faces and love and other things?

Can’t you take the time to listen to the songs I sing?

Of blue suede shoes and moody blues and news that they bring?

C

I saw the sun rise in the middle of the night

C G

Or was it in the afternoon?

G

Sun don’t rise in the middle of the night

G C

So it must have been a fiery moon

C

I saw the sun rise in the middle of the night

C G

Or was it in the afternoon?

G

Sun don’t rise in the middle of the night

G C

So it must have been a fiery moon

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