It's Only A Paper Moon chords

Bert Kaempfert

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Intro: G Ddim Am7 D7 G Ddim Am7 D7         

 G         Ddim   Am7 D7     G             D9        G    D7       G 
Say it's only  a   paper moon    sailing over a cardboard sea  
              Dm           Am7                        D7 Am7 D7         G Eb7 Am7  
But it wouldn't be make  believe if you     believed in me  
G            Ddim  Am7 D7        G           D9     G D7          G 
Yes, it only a   canvas  sky hanging over a muslin tree  
               Dm              Am7                    D7 Am7  D7 
But it wouldn't be make  believe if you       believed in me  
        Am7 Eb   Bm  Am7            D7      G 
Without your love  it's a honky-tonk parade  
        Am7 Eb    Bm         G    Dm   E7             A9      D7/13- G 
Without  your love it's a melody played in a penny arcade  
           Ddim        Am7 D7        G           D9       G 
It's a barnum and bailey world just as phony as it can be  
              Dm             Am7                     D7 Am7 D7           G Am7 D7 
But it wouldn't be make believe if you      believed in me 
G         Ddim   Am7 D7     G             D9        G    D7       G 
Say it's only a   paper moon    sailing over a cardboard sea  
              Dm           Am7                        D7 Am7 D7         G Eb7 Am7  
But it wouldn't be make  believe if you     believed in me  
G            Ddim  Am7 D7        G           D9     G D7          G 
Yes, it only a   canvas  sky hanging over a muslin tree  
               Dm              Am7                    D7 Am7  D7 
But it wouldn't be make  believe if you       believed in me  
        Am7 Eb   Bm  Am7            D7      G 
Without your love  it's a honky-tonk parade  
        Am7 Eb    Bm         G    Dm   E7             A9      D7/13- G 
Without  your love it's a melody played in a penny arcade  
           Ddim        Am7 D7        G           D9       G 
It's a barnum and bailey world just as phony as it can be  
              Dm             Am7                     D7 Am7 D7           G  
But it wouldn't be make  believe if you      believed in me