Piano Diana Blog: It's Only A Paper Moon

G        E7    Am7   D7
Say, it's only a paper moon,

 D       D9     G    D7   G    D9
Sailing over a cardboard sea,

G       E7          Am7     D7
But it wouldn't be make believe,

   Am7    D7       G    D7
If you believed in me.


G         E7      Am7     D7
Yes, it's only a canvas sky,

  D      D9    G  D7   G     D9
Hanging over a muslin tree,

G       E7         Am7     D7
But it wouldn't be make believe,

   Am7     D7      G   G7
If you believed in me.



(Bridge:)

    Am7 Gdim Bm    Bm7
Without your love,

        Am7   D7     G     G7
It's a honky tonk parade,

    Am7 Gdim  Bm   Bm7
Without your love,

       G       E7   A9     D7+5
It's a melody played at a penny arcade.



G       E7         Am7     D7
It's a Barnum and Bailey world,

  D      D9      G   D7 G    D9
Just as phony as it can be,

G       E7         Am7     D7
But it wouldn't be make believe,

   Am7    D7       G
If you believed in me.

* * * * * * * * *

	E6	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
	Say, it's	only a	paper moon

	F#m7	B9	E
	sailing	over a	cardboard sea,

	E7/G#	A6
but it	wouldn't be	make believe

	F#7/A#	B7	E	B7
	if you	believe in me

	E	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
	Yes, it's	only a	canvas sky

	F#m7	B9	E
	hanging	over a	muslim tree,

	E	E7/G#	A6
	but it	wouldn't be	make believe

	F#7/A#	B7	E
	if you	believed in me

	E7	A6	A#dim7	Em7/B
	with	out	your	love,

	F#m7	B7	E
it's a	honky	tonk par	ade

	E7	A6	A#dim7	Em7/B
	with	out	your	love,

	G#m7	C#9	F#9	B9
it's a	melody	played in a	penny ar	cade.

	E	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
	It's a	Barnum and	Bailey world

	F#m7	B9	E
	just as	phony as	it can be,

	E7/G#	A6
but it	wouldn't be	make believe

	F#7/A#	B7	E	F#m7/D7
	if you	believed in me.

	E6	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
	Say, it's	only a	paper moon

	F#m7	B9	E
	sailing	over a	cardboard sea,

	E7/G#	A6
but it	wouldn't be	make believe

	F#7/A#	B7	E	F#m7	B7
	if you	believe in me

	E	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
	Yes, it's	only a	canvas sky

	F#m7	B9	E
	hanging	over a	muslim tree,

	E	E7/G#	A6
	but it	wouldn't be	make believe

	F#7/A#	B7	E
	if you	believed in me

	E7	A6	A#dim7	Em7/B
	with	out	your	love,

	F#m7	B7	E
it's a	honky	tonk par	ade

	E7	A6	A#dim7	Em7/B
	with	out	your	love,

	G#m7	C#9	F#9	B9
it's a	melody	playedin a	penny ar	cade.

	E	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
	It's a	Barnum and	Bailey world

	F#m7	B9	E
	just as	phony as	it can be,

	E7/G#	A6
but it	wouldn't be	make believe

	F#7	B7	E	Fdim7
	if you	believed in me.

	F#7	B7	E	Fdim7
	if you	believed in me.

	F#7	B7	E	E6
	if you	believed in me.

* * * * * * * *

Here's what I'm playing:

	G	Ddim	Am7	D6 D9
	Say, it's	only	a pape	r moon,

	Am7	D9	G	D7	G
S	ailing o	ver a c	ardbo	ard s	ea,

	Bm7-5	B7 C	Am7
	But it w	ouldn't be m	ake beli	eve,

D7	Am7	D7	G	Gdim Am7
If	you bel	ieved in	me.

	G	Ddim	Am7	D6 D9
	Yes, it's	only a c	anvas sk	y,

	Am7	D9	G	D7	G
Ha	nging o	ver a	mus	lin t	ree,

	G Bm7-5	B7	C	Am7
	But it w	ouldn't be	make bel	ieve,

	D7	Am7	D7	G
If	you beli	eved in	me.

Bridge:

	Am7		Cm7	Gmaj7
With	out	your	love,

D9sus	Am7	D9	G
It's a h	onky t	onk par	ade,

	Am7		Cm7	Gmaj7
With	out	your l	ove,

D7+5	G Dm	E7	A9	D9+5
It's a	melody p	layed at a	penny a	rcade.

	G	Ddim	Am7	D6 D9
	It's a B	arnum and B	ailey wo	rld,

	Am7	D9	G	D7	G
Ju	st as p	hony as	it c	an	be,

	Bm7-5	B7	D7	Am7
	But it w	ouldn't be	make bel	ieve,

	D7	Am7 D7	G
If	you bel	ieved in	me

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"I sing like I feel." -- Ella Fitzgerald

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