Only A Paper Moon     Billy Rose / E.Y. Harburg / Harold Arlen   ------------ 1933------------ E-mail: You can hear the chords for this song on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/toffee-music/sets/tapas-and-taliots/ This version is based on that of Rufus Wainwright:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHgElwD0VQQ E Y Yip Harburg wrote the lyrics for Over the Rainbow from the Wizard of Oz INTRO CHORD SHAPES                      Gdim + 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     Gdim dim +   Gdim Adim + 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] I never feel a thing is real when I’m away from you Out of your embrace  - the world’s a temporary parking place Mmm  mmm  mmm  mmm  A bubble for a minute Mmm  mmm  mmm  mmm  You smile - the bubble has a rainbow in it [VERSE 1] Say it’s only a paper moon sailing over a cardboard sea   But it wouldn’t be make believe if you believed in me.          [VERSE 2] Yes it’s only a canvas sky hanging over a muslin tree   But it wouldn’t be make believe if you believed in me. [CHORUS] With out your  love it’s a honky tonk parade With out your  love it’s a melody played at a penny arcade. [VERSE 3]    It’s a Barnum and Bailey world just as phony as it can be   But it wouldn’t be make believe if you believed in me. FINAL LINE   But it wouldn’t be make believe if you believed in me.  If you believed in me.

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À propos de la chanson

Cette chanson évoque la fragilité des émotions et des illusions dans une relation amoureuse. Elle exprime l'idée que, sans l'amour de l'autre, le monde semble factice et dénué de sens, comme une simple illusion en papier. L'absence de l'être aimé rend la vie creuse, presque comme une scène de spectacle, où tout semble orchestré sans véritable profondeur. La croyance en l'autre est essentielle pour donner vie à ces sentiments, transformant l'éphémère en quelque chose de véritable et de précieux.