Big Thief – Paul (v1)★
Difficulty: Unknown Capo: None Tuning: E A D G (Standard)
Transpose
Based directly off of shupershammy’s tab on youtube-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=umYbtbwJE5g
[Verse 1]
Oh, the last time I saw Paul
I was horrible and almost let him in
But I stopped and caught the wall
And my mouth got dry so all I did was take him for a spin
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A|--------------------------6-6-6-6--------------------------7----------------------|
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Yeah we hopped inside my car And I drove in circles ‘round the freight train
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A|-9---------------------------------------------------------------------------7----|
E|--------2-----------3----3----3----3-----2----2----2----2---4---------------------|
yard And he turned the headlights off Then he pulled the bottle out
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A|-------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
And then he showed me what was love
[Chorus 1]
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A|--------------7------------------7----------------------------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------7------|
I’ll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine I’ll be your record player
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baby if you know what I mean / I’ll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey
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E|-------------------7--------------------------------------------------------------|
breath / I’ll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death
[Verse 2]
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E|--------3--3--3--3----2--2--2--2---------4----------------------------------------|
In the blossom of the months I was sure that I’d get driven off with thought
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A|--9--9--9--9--9--9---10--10--10--10--9--9--9--9------11----------------7----------|
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So I swollowed all of it As I realized there was no one who
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E|--------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------------------------------------------|
kiss away my shit
[Chorus 1]
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D|----------------------------------9-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7--------------------------------------------------------------7-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------9--------7-------------|
I’ll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine I’ll be your record player
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------7----7---------------------------0------------------------------------|
baby if you know what I mean / I’ll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------7-------------------------------------------------------------|
breath / I’ll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death
[Interlude]
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A|---6---------------6--6--6--6--------------7--7--7--7--------------/9-------------|
E|-9----7--7--7--7---------------4--4--4--4--------------2--2--2--2-----------------|
[Verse 3]
Paul, I know you said that you’d take me any way I came or went
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A|------------------6----6----------------------9-------------7---------------------|
E|----------7---7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
But I’ll push you from my brain / See, you’re gentle, baby I couldn’t stay
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A|----9----9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------7-------7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------------------------|
I’d only bring you pain
[Chorus 2]
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A|-----------7----------------------------------------------9-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
I was your starry-eyed lover and the one that you saw / I was your hurricane
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E|--------------7-----7-------------------------0-----------------------------------|
rider and the woman you’d call / We were just two moonshiners on the cup of a breath
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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
And I’ve been burning for you baby since the day that you left
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=umYbtbwJE5g
[Verse 1]
Oh, the last time I saw Paul
I was horrible and almost let him in
But I stopped and caught the wall
And my mouth got dry so all I did was take him for a spin
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------6-6-6-6--------------------------7----------------------|
E|---------7-------7------------------------4---------------------------------------|
Yeah we hopped inside my car And I drove in circles ‘round the freight train
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9---------------------------------------------------------------------------7----|
E|--------2-----------3----3----3----3-----2----2----2----2---4---------------------|
yard And he turned the headlights off Then he pulled the bottle out
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
And then he showed me what was love
[Chorus 1]
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------7------------------7----------------------------------7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------7------|
I’ll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine I’ll be your record player
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------7----7-------------------------0-------------------------------------|
baby if you know what I mean / I’ll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------7--------------------------------------------------------------|
breath / I’ll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death
[Verse 2]
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------7---7---7-------9----9-|
E|--------3--3--3--3----2--2--2--2---------4----------------------------------------|
In the blossom of the months I was sure that I’d get driven off with thought
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9--9--9--9--9--9---10--10--10--10--9--9--9--9------11----------------7----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
So I swollowed all of it As I realized there was no one who
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9--9--9--9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------------------------------------------|
kiss away my shit
[Chorus 1]
G|-------------------------------9--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------9-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7--------------------------------------------------------------7-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------9--------7-------------|
I’ll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine I’ll be your record player
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------7----7---------------------------0------------------------------------|
baby if you know what I mean / I’ll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------7-------------------------------------------------------------|
breath / I’ll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death
[Interlude]
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---6---------------6--6--6--6--------------7--7--7--7--------------/9-------------|
E|-9----7--7--7--7---------------4--4--4--4--------------2--2--2--2-----------------|
[Verse 3]
Paul, I know you said that you’d take me any way I came or went
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8---8---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------6----6----------------------9-------------7---------------------|
E|----------7---7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
But I’ll push you from my brain / See, you’re gentle, baby I couldn’t stay
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----9----9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------7-------7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------------------------|
I’d only bring you pain
[Chorus 2]
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------7----------------------------------------------9-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
I was your starry-eyed lover and the one that you saw / I was your hurricane
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7-----7-------------------------0-----------------------------------|
rider and the woman you’d call / We were just two moonshiners on the cup of a breath
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
And I’ve been burning for you baby since the day that you left