Pretty Paper Chords

by Roy Orbison
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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2 contributors total, last edit on Jul 31, 2021

Chords

G
D7
Am7
D
G7
C
G6
A
A7

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ROY ORBISON: PRETTY PAPER (W. Nelson) 76/80 - 3/4
 
|./.   |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 3-Counts.
 
 
Intro:
       /             /           /       / (Breaks)
      |G            |D7         |Am7    |G
PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF BLUE.
 
Chorus:
 
      |G            |./.        |D   |./.          |./.
PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF BLUE.    WRAP YOUR PRESENTS,
 
       |D7           |G   |./.       |G          |G7
TO YOUR DARLING  FROM YOU-.    PRETTY PENCILS  TO WRITE
 
        |C    |Am7       |G            |D7          |Am7   |G
I  LOVE  YOU-.     PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF  BLUE-.
 
Verse 1:
 
        /   ////      /  //// (Breaks & Downbeats)
       |G            |D7           |G     |./.
CROWDED STREETS, BUSY FEET   HUSTLE BY HIM,
 
         |./.      |D7           |G   |G6
DOWN TOWN SHOPPERS, CHRISTMAS  IS NIGH.
 
        |G          |G7          |C       |./.   |
THERE HE SITS  ALL A-LONE  ON THE SIDEWALK,
 
A           |A7                 |D   |D7
HOPING  THAT YOU WON'T  PASS HIM BY.
 
Verse 2:
           /            / (Breaks)
          |G           |D7           |G   |./.
SHOULD YOU STOP, BETTER NOT, MUCH TOO BUSY,
 
           |./.      |D7             |G   |G6
YOU'RE IN A HURRY, MY HOW  TIME  DOES FLY.
 
      |G            |G7         |C       |Am7
IN THE DISTANCE  THE RINGING  OF LAUGHTER,
 
          |G            |D7          |Am7   |G
AND IN THE MIDST  OF THE LAUGHTER  HE CRIE-  S.
 
Chorus 2x:
 
      |G            |./.        |D    |./.          |./.
PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF BLUE.     WRAP YOUR PRESENTS,
 
       |D7           |G   |./.       |G          |G7
TO YOUR DARLING  FROM YOU.     PRETTY PENCILS  TO WRITE
                                                           / (Break in 2nd Chorus)
        |C    |Am7      |G            |D7          |Am7   |G
I  LOVE  YOU.     PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF  BLU  - E.
 
 
Tab by: DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
Dairybeat ORIGINALS and BACKING TRACKS on:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=137360&content=music
https://soundcloud.com/dairybeat
https://www.youtube.com/user/Dairybeat
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