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cavetown – Paul Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
C E7 Amadd9 Fmaj7 G7

[Verse 1]
        C               E7
Oh, the last time I saw Paul
      Amadd9       F                G7
I was horrible and almost let him in
      C                      E7
But I stopped and caught the wall
       Amadd9
And my mouth got dry
   F             G7                 C
So all I did was take him for a spin

[Verse 2]
         C                E7
Yeah, we hopped inside my car
      Amadd9            Fmaj7
And I drove in circles 'round
                  G7
the freight train yard
       C                     E7
And he turned the headlights off
        Amadd9            F
Then he pulled the bottle out
            G                 C
And then he showed me what is love

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[Chorus]
             Fmaj7
I'll be your morning bright
goodnight shadow machine
             C
I'll be your record player, baby,
if you know what I mean
             Fmaj7
I'll be your real tough cookie with
the whiskey breath
          C
I'll be a killеr and a thriller and
the cause of our dеath

[Verse 3]
       C              Em
In the blossom of the months
      Am                F
I was sure that I'd get driven
         C
off with thought
     C                Em
So I swallowed all of it
     Am                 F
As I realized there was no one
          G            C
who could kiss away my shit

[Chorus]
             Fmaj7
I'll be your morning bright
goodnight shadow machine
             C
I'll be your record player, baby,
if you know what I mean
             Fmaj7
I'll be your real tough cookie with
the whiskey breath
          C
I'll be a killеr and a thriller and
the cause of our dеath

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[Verse 4]
        C        E7
Paul, I know you said that you'd
Am          F             G7
take me any way I came or went
         C                E7
But I'll push you from my brain
            Am
See, you're gentle, baby
F
I couldn't stay,
    G              C
I'd only bring you pain

[Outro]
           Fmaj7
I was your starry-eyed lover and
the one that you saw
           C
I was your hurricane rider and
the woman you'd call
                 Fmaj7
We were just two moonshiners on
the cusp of a breath
              C
And I've been burning for you
baby since the minute I left

How to play Paul: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Paul by cavetown on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Paul by cavetown, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 9 chords: C, E7, Amadd9, Fmaj7, G7, F, G, Em and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G7 – C – E7 – Amadd9 (V7 – I – III7 – vi in C major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – mi – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, Amadd9 and F need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.