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Paper Doll
Words & Music by Johnny S. Black, 1915
Recorded by The Mills Brothers, 1942
C C/B A7 Dm7 G
I'm gonna buy a Paper Doll that I can call my own,
Dm7 Fdim C Cdim Dm7
A doll that other fellows cannot steal;
G CM7 C Bm7 Bm7-5 E7
And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes
A7 D7 G
Will have to flirt with dollies that are real.
G G7 C
When I come home at night she will be waiting;
G G7 E7
She'll be the truest doll in all this world.
F Fdim C E7 A7
I'd rather have a Paper Doll to call my own
Dm7 G C
Than have a fickle-minded real live girl.
Bridge: (increase tempo)
G G6 G G6 | C C/B Am7 Am7/G | C C/B Am7 Am7/G |
I guess I had a million dolls or more;
E E7 Am
I guess I've played the doll game o'er and o'er.
G G7 C C/B A7
I just quarrelled with Sue, that's why I'm blue;
A AM7 A7 D Fdim D7
She's gone away and left me, just like all dolls do.
G G7 |C C/B Am7 Am7/G | C C/B Am7 Am7/G |
I'll tell you boys, it's tough to be alone;
E E7 Am
And it's tough to love a doll that's not your own.
G D7 G D7
I'm through with all of them, I'll never fall again
D D+7 D7 D7/F# G D7 G7
Say boy, whatcha gonna do?
(Repeat verse 1)
Coda: (Slower)
F Fdim C E7 A7
I'd rather have a Paper Doll to call my own
Dm7 G G7 C
Than have a fickle-minded real live girl.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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