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Chord diagram for Em
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                             Circus - Paper Aeroplanes
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No capo

[Chords]

    G     G*    C     Em
e|--3-----3-----3-----3-----|
B|--3-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|
D|--0-----0-----2-----2-----|
A|--2-----0-----3-----2-----|
E|--3-----3-----x-----0-----|

Watch out for the single strum of G* in amongst the longer stretches of G (for example at the end of the intro)

[Intro] 

G


[Verse 1]

G                    C   G
Lately I've needed a purpose
G                       C   G
Might run away with the circus
G                            C   G
'Cause nothing I do's getting to you
Em                         C       G
And all that I want is to break through


[Chorus]

       Em   C  G
Do you dream of me?
       Em  C     G
In your deepest sleep
      Em    C   G
Do I clean and sew?
      Em                       C    G
In a quaint little house under rainbows


[Verse 2]

G                       C  G
Lately I'm sick of this circus
G                   C   G
Nothing I do has a purpose
Em                                  C     G
'Cause someone's said we're on the guest list
Em                          C     G
So maybe it might have been worth it


[Chorus]

        Em    C  G
Do you dream of me?
        Em    C   G
In your darkest sleep
      Em   C   G
Am I made of gold?
         Em                     C   G
Kind you find at the end of the rainbow


[Bridge]

     C             Em
Dadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
     C             Em
Dadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
     C             G            Em   C    G
Dadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


[Verse 3]

G                     C    G
Lately I've needed a lifeline
G                          C    G
But all your advances I've declined
Em                           C  G
'Cause I'm good at making excuses
Em                               C  G
Maybe playing with words has its uses


[Chorus]

        Em   C   G
Do you dream of me?
        Em   C    G
In your soundest sleep
         Em  C   G
Will you take me home?
      Em                      C   G
To a place somewhere over the rainbow

        Em   C   G
Do you dream of me?
        Em   C    G
In your deepest sleep
        Em   C   G
Will you take me home?
      Em                      C    G
To a place somewhere over the rainbow


[Verse 4]

G                    C    G
Lately I've needed a purpose
G                       C   G
Might run away with the circus


    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/paper_aeroplanes/circus_chords_1754307

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