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Paper Doll chords by The Delta Rhythm Boys

  • D

  • E

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • C#

    4
  • G

  • F#

    2
  • B

    2
  • F

  • Ebdim

  • Eb

    6
  • C

  • C#m

    4
  • G#

    4
  • Bbdim

  • G#dim

    6
Verse 1
D
E
The Delta Rhythm Boy.
Theirs is a talk that every
A
body understands,
E
but their vocabulary comes
A
wrapped in a special tempo,
D
E
a polite and righteous cadence
that belongs to them alone.
Here's a sample
of that distinctive language
from the Delta Rhythm book,
A
F#m
Bm
E
Paper Doll.
C#
A
G
F#
I'm going to buy a paper doll
B
F#
B
that I can call my own.
E
A
A doll that other fellows cannot steal.
And then the flirty, flirty guys,
E
E
C#
with their flirty, flirty eyes,
F#
B
We'll have to flirt with dollies
E
F#m
E
at our ale.
A
G
F#
F
When I come home at night,
E
A
she will be waiting.
Bm
E
There'll be the truest doll
C#
D
in all this world
C#
D
Ebdim
I'd rather have a paper doll
A
F#
To call my own
Bm
G
On top of that wall
E
A
Eb
My deadly line
D
G
I'm gonna buy a paper doll
E
A
That I can call my own
D
G
A doll that other fellows cannot steal
A
And then those flirty, guys
G
F#
D
F#m
B
With their flirty, flirty eyes
G
D
We'll have to flirt with
A
D
dollies that are real
G
D
A
Now, when I come home at night
D
G
She will be waiting
A
Yeah, she'll be the truest doll
D
B
in all this world
A
C
I'd rather have a paper doll
A
D
Just to call my own
E
A
D
Than have a big, good -minded,
G
real -life girl
B
E
C#m
I'm going to buy a little doll
E
C#
that I can call my own,
F#
B
a doll that other fellows
G#
cannot steal away.
A
Bbdim
For Jack, I'd rather have a doll
E
G#dim
C#
that I don't have to buy and die,
F#
B
than have a fickle -minded or a cheatin'.
F#
B
F#
B
Timin' a trouble makin'
real life done!
C#m
A
E
N/A
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