A           E          A         E
Small paper cranes and wallpaper stains
         A            F#        B
that the pictures can hardly conceal
A            E         A               E
Love letters bent from tears that were spent
     F#m                 B
on a cruel and a shabby ideal


[Chorus]
    A        E       A    E
But love set fire to everything
        A                  F#      B
and the flames looked like angel's wings
A             E     C          E
We played our parts with paper hearts
    F#m              C    E
and love set fire to everything.


[Verse 2]
  A              E        A              E
I know that it's wrong to stay here this long
A          F#         B
haunted by all of her things
  A             E         A          E
I found out too late only fools feel safe
     F#m                      B
in a house made of jokers and kings


[Chorus]
    A        E       A    E
But love set fire to everything
        A                  F#      B
and the flames looked like angel's wings
A             E     C          E
We played our parts with paper hearts
    F#m              C    E
and love set fire to everything.


[Instrumental]
F#m  D  A  E  F#m  D  E
F#m  D  A  E  D  D/C#  B


[Verse 3]
     A          E            A             E
I've tried to escape her and these bits of paper
        A          F#            B
but the memories I just can't outrun
        A             E                A           E
So I'll keep lighting matches and when one of them catches
     F#m                   B
this thing will finally be done


[Chorus]
    A        E       A    E
But love set fire to everything
        A                  F#      B
and the flames looked like angel's wings
A             E     C          E
We played our parts with paper hearts
    F#m              C    E
and love set fire to everything.