Chords for Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys - It's Only A Paper Moon 1945

Tempo:
121.65 bpm
Chords used:

F

Eb

Bb

Gm

Cm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys - It's Only A Paper Moon 1945 chords
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[F] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Ab] Say it's only [Cm] a paper moon, [F] sailing over a [Bb] cardboard [A] sea,
[Gm] [Fm] but it [Cm] wouldn't be made believe if you [F] believed in me.
[Gm] [Ab] Yes, it's only [Eb] a canvas sky, [F] hanging over a [Bb] muslin tree,
but [D] it [Cm] wouldn't be made believe if you believed [Dm] in me.
[Eb] Without your [Bb] love, it's a honky [Dm]-tonk parade.
[Eb]
Without [A] your [Gm] love, [Ab] [Gm] it's a melody played in a [Ab] penny arcade.
[Bb] [Ab] It's a Barnum [Cm] and Bailey world, just [F] as phony [D] as it can [F] [Bb] be,
[D] but it wouldn't [Eb] be made believe if you [F] believed in [Bbm] me.
[Eb] Say it's only a [Cm] paper moon, sailing over a [Gm] cardboard sea,
but it [Eb] wouldn't be made believe [F] if you believed [Gm] in me.
[A]
[Gm] Yes, it's only [Cm] a canvas sky, [F] hanging [Cm] over a [Bb] muslin [F]
tree,
[Bb] but it [Ab] wouldn't [Cm] be made believe [F] if you believed in me.
[Eb] [A] [Gm] Without your love, it's a honky [Eb]-tonk parade.
Without [Em] your [Gm]
love, [D] it's a melody [E] played in a penny [F]
arcade.
[E] It's a [F] Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can [Eb] be,
but [Fm] it wouldn't [Eb] be made believe if you [Fm] believed [Gm] in me.
[E] It's phony, it's plain to see, [Eb] how happy I would be [E] if you [Eb]
believed [Bb] in me.
[N]
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F
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Eb
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Bb
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Gm
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Cm
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F
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Eb
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Bb
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To learn Ella Fitzgerald - Its Only A Paper Moon chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Ab, Cm, F, Bb, Eb, F, Eb, Bb and Eb of chords. A strategic approach would be to train at 60 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 122. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: E Major.

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[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] Say it's only [Cm] a paper _ moon, [F] sailing over a [Bb] cardboard [A] sea,
[Gm] _ [Fm] but it [Cm] wouldn't be made believe if you [F] believed in me. _
_ [Gm] _ [Ab] Yes, it's only [Eb] a canvas _ sky, [F] hanging over a [Bb] muslin tree,
but [D] it [Cm] wouldn't be made believe if you believed [Dm] in me.
[Eb] Without _ your [Bb] _ love, it's a honky [Dm]-tonk parade.
[Eb] _ _
Without _ [A] your [Gm] _ love, [Ab] [Gm] it's a melody played in a [Ab] penny arcade.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] It's a Barnum [Cm] and Bailey world, just [F] as phony [D] as it can [F] [Bb] be,
[D] but it wouldn't [Eb] be made believe if you [F] believed in _ [Bbm] me.
_ [Eb] Say it's only a [Cm] paper moon, _ _ sailing over a [Gm] cardboard sea,
_ but it [Eb] wouldn't be made believe [F] if you believed [Gm] in me.
_ [A] _
_ [Gm] _ Yes, it's only [Cm] a canvas sky, _ [F] hanging [Cm] over a [Bb] muslin [F]
tree,
_ [Bb] but it [Ab] wouldn't [Cm] be made believe [F] if you believed in me.
_ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] Without your love, it's a honky [Eb]-tonk parade. _
Without _ [Em] your _ [Gm] _
love, [D] it's a melody [E] played in a penny [F]
arcade.
_ [E] It's a [F] Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can [Eb] be,
but [Fm] it wouldn't [Eb] be made believe if you [Fm] believed [Gm] in _ me.
[E] _ It's phony, it's plain to see, [Eb] _ how happy I would be [E] if you _ [Eb] _ _
believed [Bb] in me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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This song, written by Yip Harburg, Billy Rose and Harold Arlen, is featured on the album A Celebration - 150 Minutes of.

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