Paper Boats Chords

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Paper Boats by Darren Korb is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords Dm, F, C, A, Bb, E, Am, D, Dm7 and Dm7add9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
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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... 



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

Bb          E                Am        A 
  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  | 

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.... 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante