| G | C | |
| Paper wings, all torn and | bent |
| G | |
| But you made me feel like they were heaven | sent |
| G | C | |
| Paper | wings, not real at | all |
| G | |
| But they took me high enough to really f | all |
| C | G | |
| Your pa | per kisses, faded too | soon |
| A | D | |
| Just like a | paper rose, | beneath a paper moon |
| G | C | |
| Paper | wings, paper | wings |
| D | G | |
| Oh | how could I expect to fly with only paper | wings |
| BRIDGE: |
| C | G | |
| Angels s | inging, didn't you | hear |
| A | D | |
| If only I'd | listened close, when they w | hispered in my ear |
| CODA: |
| G | C | |
| Paper wings, paper | wings |
| D | G | |
| Oh h | ow could I expect to fly with only paper | wings |
| D | G | |
| I | tried to fly but found that I had only paper | wings |