Paper Tigers Chords

Paper Tigers by Tom Cochrane
 
Tab by Landon Lefebvre
 
[Intro]
 
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B|---------------------3------0------------------------------------|
G|------------------------0h2----2/4-0-2-2-2-2-2h4-2-0-------------|
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A|--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
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[Verse 1]
 
Em               G
Keep your powder dry and warm
D                       A
Thru the coming darkest storm
Em                  G
All the fear that's sent your way
  D                      A
Thru your eyes you might wash away
         Em
When you can
           G
Still your lantern's strong and bright
     D                A
Even thru the darkest night
 
[Chorus]
 
C               G
All those paper tigers
D                   A
All their lies they might have sold you
C               G
Might be wasted on
D
One so young that you're old again
A                                        Em
She walks out thru the wind and the rain uh-huh
 
[Verse 2]
 
Em               G
They can't give you all those things
D                       A
No pot of gold no big brass ring
Em                  G
Stay on the road for the night has come
  D                      A
Perhaps at dawn we will be like one again
 
[Chorus]
 
C               G
All those paper tigers
D                   A
All their lies they might have sold you
C               G
Might be wasted on
D
One so young that you're old again
A                                        Em
Sylvia walks out thru the wind and the rain uh-huh
 
[Bridge]
 
Em  G         D      A                  Em
    Still the shock rips you thru every nerve
G      D         A              Em
In the bell jar nothing can be heard
 
[Solo]
 
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G|---9--/11--------------------------/9--7-7h9----|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
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Em
I would walk with you
        G
I would talk with you
        D                      A
I would do anything that would get you thru
     Em
Draw the line for you
         G
Take the fifth for you
        D                      A
I would stand on a bridge and jump off it too
 
[Chorus]
 
C               G
All those paper tigers
D                   A
All their lies they might have sold you
C               G
Might be wasted on
D
One so young that you're old again
C               G
All those paper tigers
D                   A
All the lies your mother told you
C               G
Might be wasted on
D
One so young that you're old again
A                                          Em
She walks out thru the wind and the rain uh-huh
 
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...Dedicated to Slyvia Plath
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