Traffic – Paper Sun (Guitar)

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Song: Paper sun Artist: Traffic Composers: Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi Tabbed by: DJ 3rd June 2014 The descending bass note progressions add extra detail on a single guitar but are not crucial. If you prefer it simpler, or are accompanied by a bassist or keyboard player, then you can ignore the bass note after the slashes. See the bottom of the page for tablature of a couple of options to simulate the sitar riff. I would recommend using the voicings in the text column numbers below. Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the information at the bottom of the tab. [Intro and Bridge] [Choruses] D = xx0232 Cm7 = x35343 D7/C = x30212 or D7 = xx0212 Bb = x13331 or 688766 D6/B = x20202 or D6 = xx0202 G = 320033 or 355433 D/A = x00232 A = x02220 or 577655 [Verses] [Coda] G = 320033 or xx5433 Asus4 = x02230 or 577755 G/F# = 2x0033 or xx4433 A = x02220 or 577655 G7/F = 1x0033 or xx3433 E = xx2100 or 022100 E7/D = xx0130 or E7 = 022130 E6/Db = x46650 or E6 = 022120 E/B = x22100 Gm/Bb = x10033 Gm = 3x0333 D = xx0232 D7 = xx0212 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Sitar riff]
    D        D7/C    D6/B   D/A
||: /  /  /__/  /  |  /  /__/  /  / :|| [x4]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 1]
       G
So you think you're having good times...

G/F#  G7/F   E        E7/D     E6/Db
   ...With a boy that you just met,

 E/B   Gm/Bb             Gm
       Kicking sand from beach to beach,
(Paper sun------!)
     D                         D7
Your clothes all soaking wet,

     G
But, if you look around,

    G/F# G7/F E     E7/D   E6/Db
And see  your shadow on the run,

 E/B    Gm/Bb             Gm
        Don't be too up - set,
(On the run------!)
                D
Because ...it's just a paper sun
[Chorus]
Cm7  Bb   G   A      Cm7  Bb   G   A
Oh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun!
[Sitar riff]
    D        D7/C    D6/B   D/A
||: /  /  /__/  /  |  /  /__/  /  / :|| [x4]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 2]
       G
In the room where you've been sleeping,

G/F# G7/F E           E7/D       E6/Db
All  your clothes are thrown a - bout,

 E/B   Gm/Bb           Gm
       Cigarettes burn window sills,
(Paper sun!)
     D                    D7
Your meters all run out,

     G
But, there again, its nothing,

G/F# G7/F E          E7/D   E6/Db
You  just split when day is done,

 E/B    Gm/Bb             Gm
        Hitching lifts to nowhere,
(Day is done!)
        D
Hung up on the paper sun
[Chorus]
Cm7  Bb   G   A      Cm7  Bb   G   A
Oh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun!
[Sitar riff]
    D        D7/C    D6/B   D/A
||: /  /  /__/  /  |  /  /__/  /  / :|| [x4]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ [Bridge]
D        D7/C   D6/B  D/A   D   D7/C   D6/B   D/A
Standing in the cool  of my room, 

D         D7/C    D6/B    D/A         D      D7/C
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,

D6/B     D/A      D        F   G    D
Too much sun will burn,             too much...
(Too much sun will burn!)
   F   G    D
...sun will burn,
(Too much sun will burn!) [Verse 3]
            G
When you're feeling tired and lonely,

G/F# G7/F E      E7/D  E6/Db
You  see  people going home,

 E/B   Gm/Bb               Gm
       You can't make that train fare,
(Paper sun!)
     D                        D7
Or a sixpence for the phone,

    G                     G/F# G7/F E
And icicles you're crying from your cheek,

     E7/D      E6/Db   E/B       Gm/Bb
Have just be - gun,              don't be sad,
(Just be - gun!)
      Gm                 D
 Good times are had be - neath the paper sun
[Chorus]
Cm7  Bb   G   A      Cm7  Bb   G   A
Oh,  pa - per sun!   Oh,  pa - per sun!

[Coda]
 Asus4
(Oh, woh - oh - oh! Oh, woh - oh - oh!)

 A
(Oh, woh - oh - oh! Oh, woh - oh - oh!)

Asus4                                 A
Daylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,

  Asus4                             A
A seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,

    Asus4                          A
The boy that had given you so much fun,

    Asus4                          A
Has left you so cold     ...in the paper sun!

Asus4         A              Asus4
       In the ...paper sun,  in the paper sun,

A                        Asus4    A
In the paper sun, in the paper sun  (That's the one!)
===================================================== [A couple of Sitar riff options adapted for guitar]
   Maintaining an open D string drone
   (D)        (D7)        (D6)     (D)
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----3------1------|--0----------------|
G|-------------------|---------2---------| [x4]
D|--0----0------0----|-----0--------0-0--|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

 Adding a descending bass note progression
    D        D7/C      D6/B   D/A
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------3--------3--|-----3--------3----|
G|-----2---2----2----|----2--------2--2--| [x4]
D|--0----------------|-------------------|
A|------------3------|--2------0---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
===================================================== For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my preferred choices you need to manually select the following options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below nine of the diagrams. The remaining chord boxes can be the default first option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you are logged into your account, these choices will be saved automatically for every time you view this tab D7/C G G/F# G7/F E6/Db <2 of 25> <5 of 27> <4 of 16> <8 of 30> <19 of 36> Gm Bb A Asus4 <16 of 17> <2 of 16> <4 of 23> <6 of 21>