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It's Only A Paper Moon

Words By Billy Rose and E. Y. Harburg, Music by Harold Arlen - Copyright 1933

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Am       G	Am       G	Am       G     D7	Cmaj7  Am7  D7
G          C      G	Am7     D9	G	C          G
Am7     D9	G                Edim	Am7      D7	G          E7
A9        D7	G         Am7	A7	Am7     D7+
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G        Ddim	Am7     D7	G          D9	G         D7     G
-         Dm	Am7	D7       Am7   D7	G        Eb7   Am6
G        Ddim	Am7     D7	G          D9	G         D7     G
-         Dm	Am7	D7       Am7   D7	G
Am7    Eb	Bm	-            D7	G
Am7    Eb	Bm	G          Dm    E7	A7               D7+
G        Ddim	Am7     D7	G          D9	G         D7     G
-         Dm	Am7	D7       Am7   D7	G   (D7+ to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I nev -er feel, a thing is real, When I'm a -way from you,

Out of your em -brace, The world's a tem -por -ra -ry park -ing place.

Mmm, mm, mm, mm, A bub -ble, for a min -ute,

Mm mm, You smile, the bub -ble has a rain -bow in it.

 

Chorus:

Say, it's on -ly a pa -per moon, Sail -ing o -ver a card -board sea,

But it would -n't be make be -lieve, If you be -lieved in me.

Yes it's on -ly a can -vas sky, Hang -ing o -ver a mus -lin tree,

But it would -n't be make be -lieve, If you be -lieved in me.

With -out your love, it's a hon -ky -tonk pa -rade,

With out your love, it's a mel -o -dy played in a pen -ny ar -cade.

It's a Bar -num and Bai -ley world, Just as phon -y as it can be,

But it would -n't be make be -lieve If you be -lieved in me.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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