Watchhouse (Mandolin Orange) – Paper Mountain (Guitar)

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Amazing and slightly haunting acoustic song by Mandolin Orange. Based on a YouTube video, the album version may be using a capo on the 4th fret but I transcribed this version that is not capoed. The trick with the verse is to stay on the C#m for only a second before moving to the E. [Intro] C#m G#m A E B [Verse 1]
                A  E                  A
Got no business crying, living out beyond the blue

              C#m  E                           A
High on paper mountain, where you live the lie you choose

                           E                       A
You turn to face your neighbors and you never meet an eye

                 C#m  E                       A
The currents overtake you, the ink's not even dry
[Chorus]
              B                              A
High on paper mountain where the black river flows

                B              A
Peace is just a legend, no one knows

                      B                           A
But the old gods have fallen, people watched them go

              C#m
So will paper mountain
[Repeat Intro] C#m G#m A E B [Verse 2]
                      A   E                    A
Your reading that old story, it's a dire circumstance

                  C#m  E                         A
You comment on the image, a little face behind the fence

                      A    E                    A
The mission bells are ringing for a mother and a child
C#m [Lick 1] A You say all the news is bad and your on to something else [Lick 1]
e|--4-----------------|
B|--5-----------------|
G|--6-----------------|
D|--6-----------------|
A|--4------2h4--2-----|
E|-----------------0--|
[Chorus]
              B                              A
High on paper mountain where the black river flows

                B              A
Peace is just a legend, no one knows

                      B                           A
But the old gods have fallen, people watched them go

              C#m
So will paper mountain
[Solo] The solo just repeats the chord progression of 1 verse and 1 chorus. [Verse 3]
                    A    E                     A
The desert night is stirring as paper mountain moves

               C#m E                  A
The rios running wild and the cactus are in bloom

                      A     E                        A
She's clinging to her freedom and her peace beneath the stars

                     C#m E                            A
The eagle spreads her talons, there's a rattle in the dark
[Chorus]
              B                              A
High on paper mountain where the black river flows

                B              A
Peace is just a legend, no one knows

                      B                           A
But the old gods have fallen, people watched them go

              C#m
So will paper mountain
[Outro] C#m G#m A E B