Em 022000
G 320003
A x0222x
D xx0232
Bm x2443x
Capo on 3
Verse 1:
[Em] I've got a postcard
with [D]no addr[A]ess
[Em]A picture of Houston
in a [D]creased up [A]mess
[Em]Just to remind me
That it [D]all went wrong
[G]Just to beat me upjust to tur[A]n me on
Chorus:
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning my [A]hands
Verse 2:
[Em]Cigarettes in the glove box
with [D]the cla[A]ssified ads
[Em]ashes and silver
worn int[D]o your hand[A]s
[Em]I gotta see you
on a bur[D]nt napkin
[G]gas station quarters, I gotta se[A]e you again
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tift_merritt/stray_paper_crd.html )
Chorus:
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning in my [A]hands
Verse 3:
[Em]Somewhere there's a letter
that I [D]never [A]sent
[Em]it used to read pretty
now it's[D] empty as[A]
[Em]that night in the headlights
with the[D] blankets passed, Was it something to
[G]you, babe? Was it a[A]lways just
Chorus:
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
(Solo over verse chords, end on Em)
G 320003
A x0222x
D xx0232
Bm x2443x
Capo on 3
Verse 1:
[Em] I've got a postcard
with [D]no addr[A]ess
[Em]A picture of Houston
in a [D]creased up [A]mess
[Em]Just to remind me
That it [D]all went wrong
[G]Just to beat me upjust to tur[A]n me on
Chorus:
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning my [A]hands
Verse 2:
[Em]Cigarettes in the glove box
with [D]the cla[A]ssified ads
[Em]ashes and silver
worn int[D]o your hand[A]s
[Em]I gotta see you
on a bur[D]nt napkin
[G]gas station quarters, I gotta se[A]e you again
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tift_merritt/stray_paper_crd.html )
Chorus:
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning in my [A]hands
Verse 3:
[Em]Somewhere there's a letter
that I [D]never [A]sent
[Em]it used to read pretty
now it's[D] empty as[A]
[Em]that night in the headlights
with the[D] blankets passed, Was it something to
[G]you, babe? Was it a[A]lways just
Chorus:
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[D] Stray p[Bm]aper
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
[G] Burning in my[A] hands
(Solo over verse chords, end on Em)