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Paper Crown

Alec Benjamin

PopMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F
C×
G
Am×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
               
 
          F F7M    C              G 
A paper crown, and a heart made of glass 
 
 C              G 
A tattered gown, and her kingdom of ash 
          F F7M    C          G 
She walks alone, can never look back 
F                                     G       
The story of a queen whose castle has fallen to the sea 
               F F7M    C             G 
She'll make it out, but she's never the same 
               F F7M    C              G 
She's lookin' down, at the scars that remain 
                    F F7M    C                  G 
But you hold your ground, though your kingdoms in flames 
               F                                 G       
Cause it's the story of a queen who's castle has fallen to the sea 
                   F                                 G       
Knowing there's no one who will be a king that will come and save his queen 
 
             F                  G                  Am 
When all she needs, and all she wants, and all she finds 
              F           G             Am 
When all she is, and ever was, is compromised 
Am 
Cause there's no one to love her 
       F       G         Am 
You built your walls too high 
                                           F       G         Am 
And there's no one to love you when you build your walls too high 
 
              F F7M       C            G 
She's looking out, from the war that's inside 
                F F7M    C         G 
She's screaming out, cause no one survived 
                     F F7M   C            G 
But when you're all alone, you wait and you hide 
               F                                 G       
Cause it's the story of a queen who's castle has fallen to the sea 
                   F                                 G       
Knowing there's no one who will be a king that will come and save his queen 
 
             F                  G                  Am 
When all she needs, and all she wants, and all she finds 
              F           G             Am 
When all she is, and ever was, is compromised 
Am 
Cause there's no one to love her 
       F       G         Am 
You built your walls too high 
                                           F       G         Am 
And there's no one to love you when you build your walls too high 
 
Am      G  F           Am     G  F       Am    G    F     
There's no one, who is strong enough, to save your love 
F                                     G 
There's no fairytale, There's no fairytale 
 
             F                  G                  Am 
When all she needs, and all she wants, and all she finds 
              F           G             Am 
When all she is, and ever was, is compromised 
Am 
Cause there's no one to love her 
       F       G         Am 
You built your walls too high 
                                        F    G        Am 
And there's no one to love you when you trap yourself inside 
          
 

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Chord set

F · C · G · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.