Biography:
The Paper Chase was an experimental rock band from Dallas, Texas (formed in 1998), disbanded in 2010.
Since their inception, The Paper Chase (sometimes spelled "the pAper chAse") has produced a combination of discordant melody and jagged noise pop.
The band consists of ringleader vocalist and guitarist John Congleton and piano and synthesizer guru Sean Kirkpatrick, with a heavy rhythm section of Bobby Weaver on bass and Jason Garner on the drum kit.
Congleton has written and produced all the material the band has produced as of yet.
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[Intro]
A
A
Let's hear it for circuits
A
lines drawn in the earth
A
cut to scramble for ample
D
little mouse hole to park your new car
A
and chew off our arms
A
with teeth we are losing from slow, comfy screwings
A
three cheers for the backseats
D
you legs pinned that look in your eye
A
you'll never take me alive
E
this is what you are
A
you are what you are
A
let's hear it for mirrors
A
with the ghost image clearer
D
hip hip for the pig that religiously belts you undone
A
this little piggy had none
A
'cause god hates our country
A
she told me she wants me to sing out "he's female!"
D
three cheers for the gal in the sky
A
you'll never take me alive
E
this is what you are
A
you are what you are
E D
this is what you are
A F#m
do you know what it means to be doomed?
D E
do you know what it means to be cursed?
A F#m
when the blue eyes are washing their mouths in the south
D E
you know they're hiding bodies north
A F#m
did you know that we're sinking knee-deep?
D E
did you nail down what you plan to keep?
A F#m
when the poltergeist pushes his freight on your shore
E
you are done for
done for
A
done for
A
the caskets are coughing with quotable quoting
D
the graveyard is littered with loves who thought there was no doubt
A
the world could not live without
E
this is what you are
A
you are what you are
E D
this is what you are
Db A
if i live through the day when the comet does come
E D
i will write every one on my list one by one
Db
sharpen the axe
A
stomp the flames out on backs
E
i will be who you want me to be
B Db
i will be who you want me to be
A F#m
do you know what it means to be doomed?
D E
do you know what it means to be cursed?
A F#m
when the blue eyes are washing their mouths in the south
D E
you know they're hiding bodies north
A F#m
did you know that your boot heels are stuck?
D E
losing feet worth the rabbit's good luck
A F#m
when the devil is resting his head on your door
E
you are done for
done for
A
done for
E
you are done for
done for
A
done for
A Bm
did you know that you nurse a beehive?
Dbm
come and get it
D
come take me alive
Db B
all the nooses are raining a grizzly frontier
E
we will show this cruel world
D A
we will show this cruel world we were here
[Outro]
Variations of A and D
A
A
Let's hear it for circuits
A
lines drawn in the earth
A
cut to scramble for ample
D
little mouse hole to park your new car
A
and chew off our arms
A
with teeth we are losing from slow, comfy screwings
A
three cheers for the backseats
D
you legs pinned that look in your eye
A
you'll never take me alive
E
this is what you are
A
you are what you are
A
let's hear it for mirrors
A
with the ghost image clearer
D
hip hip for the pig that religiously belts you undone
A
this little piggy had none
A
'cause god hates our country
A
she told me she wants me to sing out "he's female!"
D
three cheers for the gal in the sky
A
you'll never take me alive
E
this is what you are
A
you are what you are
E D
this is what you are
A F#m
do you know what it means to be doomed?
D E
do you know what it means to be cursed?
A F#m
when the blue eyes are washing their mouths in the south
D E
you know they're hiding bodies north
A F#m
did you know that we're sinking knee-deep?
D E
did you nail down what you plan to keep?
A F#m
when the poltergeist pushes his freight on your shore
E
you are done for
done for
A
done for
A
the caskets are coughing with quotable quoting
D
the graveyard is littered with loves who thought there was no doubt
A
the world could not live without
E
this is what you are
A
you are what you are
E D
this is what you are
Db A
if i live through the day when the comet does come
E D
i will write every one on my list one by one
Db
sharpen the axe
A
stomp the flames out on backs
E
i will be who you want me to be
B Db
i will be who you want me to be
A F#m
do you know what it means to be doomed?
D E
do you know what it means to be cursed?
A F#m
when the blue eyes are washing their mouths in the south
D E
you know they're hiding bodies north
A F#m
did you know that your boot heels are stuck?
D E
losing feet worth the rabbit's good luck
A F#m
when the devil is resting his head on your door
E
you are done for
done for
A
done for
E
you are done for
done for
A
done for
A Bm
did you know that you nurse a beehive?
Dbm
come and get it
D
come take me alive
Db B
all the nooses are raining a grizzly frontier
E
we will show this cruel world
D A
we will show this cruel world we were here
[Outro]
Variations of A and D
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