Biography:
The English rock band Traffic started out with Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood after Winwood left The Spencer Davis Group. From their beginning, in 1967, they were quite popular in their native England, though success elsewhere was slower in coming. Their first three albums combined psychedelic rock and soul with elements of British folk music, giving them a unique, groundbreaking sound. Their most popular single was Dear Mr. Fantasy, from the album of the same name.
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Other songs:
- Dear Mr. Fantasy
- Hole In My Shoe
- 40000 Headmen
- Cryin To Be Heard
- Dear Mister Fantasy
- Dear Mr Fantasy
- Empty Pages
- Evening Blue
- Every Mothers Son
- Feelin Alright
- Forty Thousand Headmen
- Freedom Rider
- Hidden Treasure
- House For Everyone
- John Barleycorn
- Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
- Low Spark
- Many A Mile To Freedom
- Paper Sun
- Sad And Deep As You
- Smiling Phases
- Snad
- Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired
- The Low Spark Of High
- The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Live
- Walking In The Wind
- Who Knows What Tomorrow
- You Can All Join In
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Song: Paper sun
Artist: Traffic
Composers: Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi
Tabbed by: DJ
3rd June 2014
D = xx0232 E6/Db = x42400 or E6 = 022120
D7/C = x30212 or D7 = xx0212 E/B = x22100
D6/B = x20202 or D6 = xx0202 Gm/Bb = x10033
D/A = x00232 Gm = 355333
G = 320033 or xx5433 D7 = xx0212
G/F# = 2x0033 or xx4433 Cm7 = x35343
G7/F = 1x0033 or xx3033 Bb = x13331 or 688766
E = xx2100 or 022100 A = x02220 or 577655
E7/D = xx0130 or E7 = 022130 A4 = x02230 or 577755
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
===============================================================
[Intro riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
So you think you're having good times ...with a boy that you just met,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Kicking sand from beach to beach, your clothes all soaking wet,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, if you look around, and see your shadow on the run,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be too up - set, because ...it's just a paper sun!
(On the run------!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 2]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
In the room where you've been sleeping, all your clothes are thrown a - bout,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Cigarettes burn window sills, your meters all run out,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, there again, its nothing, you just split when day is done,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Hitching lifts to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun!
(Day is done----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Bridge]
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C D6/B D/A
Standing in the cool of my room, | / / / / |
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,
D6/B D/A D F G D D F G D
Too much sun will burn, too much sun will burn!
(Too much sun will burn!) (Too much sun will burn!)
[Verse 3]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
When you're feeling tired and lonely, you see people going home,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
You can't make that train fare, or a sixpence for the phone,
(Paper sun----!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
And icicles you're crying...from your cheek, have just be - gun,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be sad, good times are had ...be - neath the paper sun!
(Just be - gun----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Coda]
A4 A
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Daylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
A seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
The boy that had given you so much fun,
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Has left you so cold ...in the paper sun!
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A A4
In the ...paper sun, in the paper sun-----,
A A4 A
In the paper sun---, in the paper sun-----! (That's the one!)
Artist: Traffic
Composers: Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi
Tabbed by: DJ
3rd June 2014
D = xx0232 E6/Db = x42400 or E6 = 022120
D7/C = x30212 or D7 = xx0212 E/B = x22100
D6/B = x20202 or D6 = xx0202 Gm/Bb = x10033
D/A = x00232 Gm = 355333
G = 320033 or xx5433 D7 = xx0212
G/F# = 2x0033 or xx4433 Cm7 = x35343
G7/F = 1x0033 or xx3033 Bb = x13331 or 688766
E = xx2100 or 022100 A = x02220 or 577655
E7/D = xx0130 or E7 = 022130 A4 = x02230 or 577755
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
===============================================================
[Intro riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
So you think you're having good times ...with a boy that you just met,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Kicking sand from beach to beach, your clothes all soaking wet,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, if you look around, and see your shadow on the run,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be too up - set, because ...it's just a paper sun!
(On the run------!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Verse 2]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
In the room where you've been sleeping, all your clothes are thrown a - bout,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
Cigarettes burn window sills, your meters all run out,
(Paper sun------!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
But, there again, its nothing, you just split when day is done,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Hitching lifts to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun!
(Day is done----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Riff]
D D7/C D6/B D/A
e |------2-----------2-----|---------2---------2---------| x4
B |--------3------3--------|------3---------3-----3------|
G |------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------3------------|---2---------0-----------0---|
E |------------------------|-----------------------------|
[Bridge]
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C D6/B D/A
Standing in the cool of my room, | / / / / |
D D7/C D6/B D/A D D7/C
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet per - fume,
D6/B D/A D F G D D F G D
Too much sun will burn, too much sun will burn!
(Too much sun will burn!) (Too much sun will burn!)
[Verse 3]
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
When you're feeling tired and lonely, you see people going home,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D D7
You can't make that train fare, or a sixpence for the phone,
(Paper sun----!)
G G/F# G7/F E E7/D E6/Db
And icicles you're crying...from your cheek, have just be - gun,
E/B Gm/Bb Gm D
Don't be sad, good times are had ...be - neath the paper sun!
(Just be - gun----!)
[Chorus]
Cm7 Bb G A Cm7 Bb G A
Oh, pa - per sun-----! Oh, pa - per sun-----!
[Coda]
A4 A
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Daylight breaks, but you sleep on the sand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
A seagull is stealing the ring from ...your hand,
(Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh!)
A4 A
The boy that had given you so much fun,
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A
Has left you so cold ...in the paper sun!
(Oh, oh-oh-oh! Oh, woh-oh-oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh! Oh, woh -oh -oh!)
A4 A A4
In the ...paper sun, in the paper sun-----,
A A4 A
In the paper sun---, in the paper sun-----! (That's the one!)
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