It's Only A Paper Moon

Words & Music by Billy Rose, E.Y Harburg & Harold Arlen

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.