X: 1
T: Pretty Paper   (D)
C: words & music by Willie Nelson
R: song
Z: 2025 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q:
K: D
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FG |\
"D"A4 AB | "A7"A4 BA | "D"F2 A4- | A4
w: 1.~Crowd-ed streets, bus-y feet hus-tle by him._
de | f2 d4 | "A7"g2 f2 e2 | "D"d6- | d4
w: Down-town shop-pers, Christ-mas is nigh._
de | f4 fa | "D7"f4 ed | "G"B2 d4- | d6 |
w: There he sits all a-lone on the side-walk.
"E7"e2 B2 c2 | d2 c2 ^GB | "A7"A6- | A2 z2 |[|
w: Hop-ing that you won't pass him by.
FG | "D"A2 z2 AB | "A7"A2 z2 AG | "D"F2 A4- | A3
w: 2.~Should you stop; bet-ter not, much too bus-y._
Ade | f2 d2 A2 | "Am"g2 f2 e2 | "D"d6- | d4
w: You're in a hur-ry, my how time does fly._
de | f2 d2 f2 | "D7"g2 f2 (ed) | "G"B2 d4- | d3
w: In the dis-tance the ring-ing of_ laugh-ter_
Ade | "D"f4 dB | "A7"A2 f2 e2 | "D"d6- | d4
w: and in the midst of the laugh-ter he cries._
"^Chorus"\
|: fg | "D"`a2 f2 fa | b2 a2 f2 | "A7"a6- | a4
w: Pret-ty pa-per, pret-ty rib-bons of blue._
ef | a2 e2 ef | a2 g2 a2 | "D"f6- | f4
w: Wrap your pres-ents to your dar-ling from you._
fg | a2 f2 e2 | "D7"d2 f2 a2 | "G"g6- | g4
w: Pret-ty pen-cils to write, "I love you."_
fe | "D"d2 A2 fe | "A7"A2 f2 e2 | "D(G)"d6- | "D"d4 :|
w: Pret-ty pa-per, pret-ty rib-bons of blue._

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X: 2
T: Pretty Paper   [G]
C: words & music by Willie Nelson
R: song
Z: 2025 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q:
K: G
%%continueall
B,C |\
"G"D4 DE | "D7"D4 ED | "G"B,2 D4- | D4
w: 1.~Crowd-ed streets, bus-y feet hus-tle by him._
GA | B2 G4 | "D7"c2 B2 A2 | "G"G6- | G4
w: Down-town shop-pers, Christ-mas is nigh._
GA | B4 Bd | "G7"B4 AG | "C"E2 G4- | G6 |
w: There he sits all a-lone on the side-walk.
"A7"A2 E2 F2 | G2 F2 ^CE | "D7"D6- | D2 z2 |[|
w: Hop-ing that you won't pass him by.
B,C | "G"D2 z2 DE | "D7"D2 z2 DC | "G"B,2 D4- | D3
w: 2.~Should you stop; bet-ter not, much too bus-y._
DGA | B2 G2 D2 | "D7"c2 B2 A2 | "G"G6- | G4
w: You're in a hur-ry, my how time does fly._
GA | B2 G2 B2 | "G7"c2 B2 (AG) | "C"E2 G4- | G3
w: In the dis-tance the ring-ing of_ laugh-ter_
DGA | "G"B4 GE | "D7"D2 B2 A2 | "G"G6- | G4
w: and in the midst of the laugh-ter he cries._
"^Chorus"\
|: Bc | "G"`d2 B2 Bd | e2 d2 B2 | "D7"d6- | d4
w: Pret-ty pa-per, pret-ty rib-bons of blue._
AB | d2 A2 AB | d2 c2 d2 | "G"B6- | B4
w: Wrap your pres-ents to your dar-ling from you._
Bc | d2 B2 A2 | "G7"G2 B2 d2 | "C"c6- | c4
w: Pret-ty pen-cils to write, "I love you."_
BA | "G"G2 D2 BA | "D7"D2 B2 A2 | "G(C)"G6- | "G"G4 :|
w: Pret-ty pa-per, pret-ty rib-bons of blue._