Tift Merritt - Stray Paper Chords

Song Title:  Stray Paper
Album Title:  Tambourine
Special Instructions:  Capo 3rd Fret


VERSE I
        Em               D      A
I got a postcard with an old address

             Em            D       A
A picture of Houston, in a beat-up mess

         Em               A        D
Just to remind me that it all went wrong

        G                   A
Just to beat me up, just to turn me on


CHORUS
D     Bm     D     Bm     D     Bm     G             A
Stray paper, stray paper, stray paper, burnin' in my hands


VERSE II
                  Em                  D          A
Cigarettes in the glove box, with the classified ads

          Em           D         A
Ashes and silver, worn into your hands

        Em              A      D
"I gotta see you", on a bar napkin

            G                  A
Gas station quarters, I got to see you again


CHORUS


VERSE III
                    Em             D     A
Somewhere there's a letter, that I never sent

                Em               D     A
It used to read pretty, now it's empty as

                  Em                   A        D
That night in the headlights, with the blankets pressed

                    G                  A
Was it somethin' to you, baby?  Was it always just . . .


CHORUS (then repeat)

G             A      G             A
Burnin' in my hands, burnin' in my hands


Em   D   A (Repeat 5 times)   Em