Paper Boats chords

Paper Boats

• Dm

This is my crack at the concluding tune for Transistor.  I loved this game and loved the 
soundtrack, this song
especially.  I feel I've got the base chords all down, though I'm sure there's small 
things I missed.  By my ear
it sounds good on its own and along with the record.

I went back and forth on whether the F in the main progression sounds better as an F or 
F5.  The vocal line
tends to land on the 2nd (G) or 6th (D) of the chord, so I'm inclined to think its an F5 
on the record, but
playing a normal Fmajor sounded fine too.

NOTE: I found these chords on a ukulele, so your mileage on guitar may vary slightly.

-- J.

Paper Boats- Darren Korb (2014)

Intro/Main progression:

Dm | F | C | A |


-Verse (same progression)-

Dm               F
 Seconds march into the past

C              A
Moments pass, just like that, they're gone

Dm                F
  The river always finds the sea

    C          A
So helplessly, like you find me... (we are)


-Pre-chorus (same progression)-

(A)     Dm                     F
(We are) Paper boats floating on a stream

    C                    A
and it would seem, we'll never be apart...


-Chorus-
Bb         A           F
  I will al-ways find you.... like its written in the stars...

Bb          E                Am        A(major)
  You can run but you can't hide... try....


Verse (main progression)
Like the moon that makes the tides
That silent guide, it's calling from inside
Pull me here and push me there
It's everywhere, hanging in the air...

Pre-chorus (main progression)
(We are) Magnets pulling from different poles
With no control, we'll never be apart...

Chorus (Chorus progression)
I will al-ways find you.... like its written in the stars...
You can run but you can't hide... try....

-Bridge-
(By my ear this is mostly just inversions on a DM7, but I found playing these chords 
replicated the effect
well enough.)

D  DM7 | DM7add9 |

D     DM7        DM7add9
I will always.... always find you


Chorus (Chorus Progression)
I will al-ways find you.... like its written in the stars...
We can run but we can't hide... try....

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