Oct22020

LANY – Paper Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
     G                    
It’s been a couple months 
        C
since I moved in all my stuff
    G                      
But this place still don’t 
                  D
feel like it’s my home
    Em                         
And everybody thinks that we’re
     C
 the poster kids for love
       G                  
But we lay in bed and make
             D
 love to our phones

[Pre-Chorus]
Am7         G           C  
Even at our lowest low, we 
           D
don’t ever let it show
Am7             G        
We both know we shouldn’t
    C
 be together

[Chorus]
    G  D    Em      C
But we look good on paper
        G  D    Em  
We keep foolin’ all 
    C
the neighbors
     Em          D     C
They think we’ve got a perfect
 life
       Em         D      
‘Cause they don’t hear us
 C
 when we fight, so
C  D    Em      C
We look good on paper
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later

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[Verse 2]
G                          
Friday night when we go and
 C
 meet all of our friends
       G                   
You’re in that little black 
              D
dress that I like
Em                      
Posin’ for a photograph, 
    C
we smile and play pretend
         G              
Is there any part of you
                 D
 that’s tired of that?

[Pre-Chorus]
Am7         G          
Even at our lowest low,
 C             D
 we don’t ever let it show
Am7             G        
We both know we shouldn’t
    C
 be together

[Chorus]
    G  D    Em      C
But we look good on paper
   G    D  Em         
We keep foolin’ all the
  C
 neighbors
     Em          D    
They think we’ve got a
 C
 perfect life
       Em         D    
‘Cause they don’t hear 
   C
us when we fight, so
C  D    Em      C
We look good on paper
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later

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[Verse 3]
     G                   
It’s been a couple months
         C
 since I moved in all my stuff
    G                     
But this place still don’t
                   D
 feel like it’s my home
C                        G
I don’t wanna waste your time
C                       D
I know I’m just wastin’ mine
    Am7             G   
So, tell me why the hell 
               C
we’re still together

[Chorus]
             G  D   
Is it ’cause we look
 Em      C
 good on paper?
        G  D    Em  
We keep foolin’ all 
    C
the neighbors
     Em          D    
They think we’ve got a
 C
 perfect life
       Em         D    
‘Cause they don’t hear 
   C
us when we fight, so
C  D    Em      C
We look good on paper
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later
                         G D Em D C
Then we fall apart later

How to play Paper: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Paper by LANY on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

To play Paper by LANY, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 5 chords: G, C, D, Em and Am7.

Listen for C – G – D – Em (IV – I – V – vi in G major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.