It's Only A Paper Moon
Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg, and Harold Arlen (1933)


      Gentle Swing
4/4 | d - D u d - D u |
      1   2 & 3   4 &


| [C] Say, it‚'s [C#dim7] only a | [Dm] paper [G7] moon |
| [Dm] Sailing [G7] over a | [C] cardboard sea |
| [Gm] But it [C7] wouldn't be | [F] make be- [D7] lieve
If | [G7] you believed in | [C] me.   |

| [C] Yes, it‚'s [C#dim7] only a | [Dm] canvas [G7] sky |
| [Dm] Hanging [G7] over a | [C] muslin tree |
| [Gm] But it [C7] wouldn't be | [F] make be- [D7] lieve
If | [G7] you believed in | [C] me.   |

With- | [F] out [F#dim7] your | [C] love |
It's a | [Dm] honky [G7] tonk pa- | [C] rade
With | [F] out [F#dim7] your | [C] love
It's a | [Em7] melody [A7] played in a | [Dm] penny ar- [G7] cade |

| [C] It's a [C#dim7] Barnum and | [Dm] Bailey [G7] world |
| [Dm] Just as [G7] phony as | [C] it can be |
| [Gm] But it [C7] wouldn't be | [F] make be- [D7] lieve
If | [G7] you believed in | [C] me.

#Capo on 5th fret to play along with Nat King Cole.

#Last Updated 8/03/19 JJ
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