Em 022000
G 320003
A x0222x
D xx0232
Bm x2443x
Capo on 3
Verse 1:
Em
I've got a postcard
D A
with no address
Em
A picture of Houston
D A
in a creased up mess
Em
Just to remind me
D
That it all went wrong
G A
Just to beat me up – just to turn me on
Chorus:
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
G A
Burning my hands
Verse 2:
Em
Cigarettes in the glove box
D A
with the classified ads
Em
ashes and silver
D A
worn into your hands
Em
“I gotta see you”
D
on a burnt napkin
G A
gas station quarters, I gotta see you again
Chorus:
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
G A
Burning in my hands
Verse 3:
Em
Somewhere there's a letter
D A
that I never sent
Em
it used to read pretty
D A
now it's empty as
Em
that night in the headlights
D
with the blankets passed, Was it something to
G A
you, babe? Was it always just
Chorus:
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
G A
Burning in my hands
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
D Bm
Stray paper
G A
Burning in my hands
G A
Burning in my hands
G A
Burning in my hands
