Paper Doll
Words & Music by Johnny S. Black, 1915
Recorded by The Mills Brothers, 1942
Verse 1
[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.
(Increase tempo)
Bridge
[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?
Verse 2
[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.
(Slower tempo)
Coda
[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.
