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by Roy Orbison


PRETTY PAPER: ROY ORBISON (W. Nelson) 76/80 - 3/4

|./.    |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 3-Counts.

Intro:
       /             /           /       / (: Breaks)
      |            |         |    |
PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF BLUE-.

Chorus:

      |G            |./.        |D    |./.          |./.
PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF BLUE-.    WRAP YOUR PRESENTS,
       |           |   |./.       |          |
TO YOUR DARLING  FROM YOU-.    PRETTY PENCILS  TO WRITE
        |    |       |            |          |   |
I  LOVE  YOU-.     PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF  BLUE-.

Verse 1:
        /   ////      /  //// (: Downbeats and Breaks)
       |            |           |     |./.
CROWDED STREETS, BUSY FEET   HUSTLE BY HIM,
         |./.      |           |   |
DOWN TOWN SHOPPERS, CHRISTMAS  IS NIGH.
        |          |          |       |./.   |
THERE HE SITS  ALL A-LONE  ON THE SIDEWALK,
           |                 |   |
HOPING  THAT YOU WON'T  PASS HIM BY.

Verse 2:
           /            /
          |           |           |   |./.
SHOULD YOU STOP, BETTER NOT, MUCH TOO BUSY,
           |./.      |             |   |
YOU'RE IN A HURRY, MY HOW  TIME  DOES FLY.
      |            |         |       |
IN THE DISTANCE  THE RINGING  OF LAUGHTER,
          |            |          |   |
AND IN THE MIDST  OF THE LAUGHTER  HE CRIE-  S.

Chorus 2X :

      |G            |./.        |D    |./.          |./.
PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF BLUE-.    WRAP YOUR PRESENTS,
       |           |   |./.       |          |
TO YOUR DARLING  FROM YOU-.    PRETTY PENCILS  TO WRITE
        |    |       |            |          |   |
I  LOVE  YOU-.     PRETTY PAPER, PRETTY RIBBONS  OF  BLUE-.

This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,
or research.

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