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                           Only A Paper Moon     Billy Rose / E.Y. Harburg / Harold Arlen  
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE

You can hear the chords for this song on Sound Cloud:
E Y Yip Harburg wrote the lyrics for Over the Rainbow from the Wizard of Oz

INTRO CHORD SHAPES               
   G7 C  Gdim F A7 Am Dm D7 G+
E|-x--x--3----1-0--0--1--2--x-|
B|-0--1--2----1-2--1--3--1--x-|
G|-0--0--3----2-0--2--2--2--0-|
D|-0--2--2----3-2--2--0--0--1-|
A|-2--3--x----3-0--0--x--x--2-|
E|-3--3--x----1-x--x--x--x--3-|

VERSE CHORD SHAPES                CHORUS CHORD SHAPES 
   C Gdim Dm G7 A7 F#dim G C7 G+  Dm7 Bmaj7 Cmaj7 G7 C C7 Gdim Adim G+
E|-0-3----1--1--0--2-----3-0--3-|-1---x-----x-----1--0-0--3----5----3--|
B|-1-2----3--0--2--1-----0-1--0-|-3---4-----5-----0--1-1--2----4----0--|
G|-0-3----2--0--0--2-----0-3--0-|-2---3-----4-----0--0-3--3----5----0--|
D|-2-2----0--0--2--1-----0-2--1-|-0---4-----5-----0--2-2--2----4----1--|
A|-3-x----x--2--0--x-----2-3--2-|-x---2-----3-----2--3-3--x----x----2--|
E|-3-x----x--3--x--x-----3-x--3-|-x---x-----x-----3--3-x--x----x----3--|


[INTRO]
G7      C    G7         C    G7        C   G7   C 
I never feel a thing is real when I'm away from you
Gdim          C            F         A7   G7           C 
Out of your embrace  - the world's a temporary parking place
Gdim Am   G    C      G      Dm    Am 
Mmm  mmm  mmm  mmm  A bubble for a minute
Gdim Am   G    C        Dm                       D7      G     G+ 
Mmm  mmm  mmm  mmm  You smile - the bubble has a rainbow in it 


[VERSE 1]
C         Gdim   Dm7         G       G7     C   G     C   G7
Say, it's only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea, 
C        A7          Dm7              G7              C Dm7 F#dim G7 
  But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me. 
  

[VERSE 2]
C         Gdim   Dm7         G       G7     C  G   C   G7 
Yes, it's only a canvas sky, hanging over a muslin tree, 
C        A7          Dm7              G7              C  C7
  But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me. 
  

[CHORUS]
     Dm7 Bmaj7 Cmaj7        Dm7   G7     C     C7
With out your  love, it's a honky tonk parade, 
     Dm7 Bmaj7 Cmaj7        C      Gdim        Adim    G+
With out your  love, it's a melody played at a penny arcade. 


[VERSE 3]
C         Gdim       Dm7         G         G7       C  G   C   G7  
   It's a Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can be, 
C        A7          Dm7              G7              C 
  But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me. 

FINAL LINE
C        A7          Dm7              G7              E       G7              C
  But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me.  If you believed in me.