paper house chords by Lisa Hannigan

SimplifiedEm · G · Am · C · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1

lended our heavy hearts,

Motors with broken parts,

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Verse 2

We had a deck of cards it

was a start.

We'd sit out in the sun,

And wait for our skin to turn,

Verse 3
Am 
You would ask for truth,
C 
And I  would look for something
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Em 
F 
to burn.
C 
Oh we walked in a hallowed
Em 
place back then

Verse 4
F 
The edge of Dublin,
the edge of May and June.
C 
Em 
Oh to live in a paper house again,
Am 
C 
Where we grew by the light of
G 
the moon.
Em 
G 
Em 

Verse 5

Often we took the train,

The sky pacing white to grey,

When you or I would leave

And the other would stay.

Verse 6
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Em 
We were all that we had
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Em 
And breathed in each others words,
Am 
I   would ask for truth and
C 
You'd look for something
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Em 
F 
to burn.
C 
Oh we walked in a hallowed
Em 
place back then
The edge of Dublin,
Am 
F 
the edge of May and  June.
C 
Em 
Oh to live in a paper house again,
Am 
C 
Where we grew by the light of
G 
Em 
G 
Em 
the moon.
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Em 
You were much younger then,
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Em 
Younger than I am now,
Am 
C 
I   still keep as much an eye
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Em 
as the wires allow,
Am 
I   still keep as much
C 
G 
an eye as the wires allow.
Em 
G 
Em 
F 
Oh we walked in
C 
Em 
a  hallowed place back then
The edge of Dublin,
Am 
F 
the edge of May and June.
C 
Em 
Oh to live in a paper house again,
Am 
C 
G 
Where we  grew by the light of the moon.
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G 
Em 
F 
C 
Em 
F 
C 
Em 
F 
C 
Em 
F 
Oh you know what you are to me
C 
Em 
And you know you will always be.