G       320033
G/F#    2x0033
Em      022000
Am      x02210
Am7     x02010
D       xx0232
Em7     022030

D-hammer (D-h)
G|-2-2-2-3-3-3p2p0-|

[Verse]
G         G/F#             Em       Am                   Am7                D  D-H
Lives are like retractable pencils, if you push them too hard they’re gonna break.
G              G/F#        Em    Am              Am7                       D  D-H       
And people are like paper dolls, paper dolls and people, they’re a similar shape.
G           G/F#           Em    Am          Am7                      D   D-H   
And love is like a roll of tape, it’s real good for making two things one
G                  G/F#    Em    Am                    Am7                 D  D-H
But just like that roll of tape, love sometimes breaks off before you were done.
G                G/F#               Em              Em7
Another way that love is similar to tape, that I’ve noticed
Am                 Am7             D D-H
Is, sometimes it’s hard to see the end.
    G                                G/F#
You search ’round the roll           Search ’round the roll
                you search ’round the roll        you’re searching ’round the roll
    Em                                Em7
You search ’round the roll with your fingernai-ai-al         
                you search with your fingernai-ai-al
Am        Am7       D                  (hold)
Again and again and again and again...           Wo-wu-wo-  
Again and again and again and again... and agai-hain
 
[Chorus]
G            G/F#         Em                         Em7
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape, 
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape,
            Am     Am7        D       
the tape of lo-hove
the tape of lo-hove... sticky stuff

[Middle Talk Bit]

[Chorus]
G            G/F#         Em                         Em7
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape, 
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape,
            Am     Am7         D
the tape of lo-hove... sticky stu-huff
the tape of lo-hove... mm-hm-mm-hm-OOH-HOO-OH
  G                          G/F# 
   Brown         paper,      white        paper, 
People people paper paper paper paper people people
  Em                          Em7           Am     Am7    D      
   stickin’ together with the tape, tape of lo-hove
Paper paper pencil pencil pencil pencil people people
 
{Humming with choir – continue chorus chords}
Give the paper to the people and the people read sellotape oh baby baby yea_____h

You know Jemaine, I’ve been talking about love, and I guess it’s the very strongest... adhesive
{Humming with choir}

Sorry Bret, were you talking to me? I was humming. What did you say?
Oh, it doesn’t matter.

G            G/F#         Em                         Em7
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape, 
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape,
            Am     Am7         D
the tape of lo-hove, sticky stuff – oh brown -
the tape of lo-hove, sticky stuff
G            G/F#         Em                         Em7
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape, 
Brown paper, white paper, stickin’ together with the tape,
            Am     Am7         D                                           G
the tape of lo-hove, sticky stuff – oh stick, sticky-ticky, stick sticky – yeah…
the tape of lo-hove, sticky stuff