PAPER DOLL
Written
by Johnny Black
1915
4
Bar Introduction
Verse
F D7
Gm7 C7
F
I GUESS I'VE HAD A MIL-LION
DOLLS OR MORE,
Gm6 A7
Dm
I GUESS I'VE PLAYED THE DOLL GAME
O'ER AND O'ER,
Ab° C7
F
I JUST QUAR-RELED WITH
SUE, THAT'S WHY I'M BLUE;
G7
C7 G7 G7
SHE'S GONE A-WAY AND LEFT ME JUST
LIKE ALL DOLLS DO.
F D7
Gm7 C7 F
I'LL TELL YOU BOYS IT'S TOUGH TO BE
A-LONE
Gm6 A7
Dm
AND IT'S TOUGH TO LOVE A DOLL THAT'S
NOT YOUR OWN.
C
Eb° G7 C
Gm A7
I'M THRU WITH ALL OF THEM, I'LL NEV-ER
FALL A-GAIN,
D7 G7
C7 C° C7
'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT I'LL DO.
Chorus
F F7 D7
G7
I'M GOIN' TO BUY A PA-PER DOLL THAT
I CAN CALL MY OWN,
C7
E7 F
A DOLL THAT OTH-ER FEL-LOWS CAN-NOT
STEAL
Fm
C
A7
AND THEN THOSE FLIR-TY, FLIR-TY GUYS
WITH THEIR FLIR-TY, FLIR-TY EYES,
Eb° G7
C7 C° C7
WILL HAVE TO FLIRT WITH DOL-LIES
THAT ARE REAL.
F D7
G7 C7
F
WHEN I COME HOME AT NIGHT SHE WILL
BE WAIT-ING,
F D7 G7
C7 A7 Dm6 A7
SHE'LL BE THE TRU-EST DOLL IN ALL
THIS WORLD.
Bb
B°
F A7 D7
I'D RATH-ER HAVE A PA-PER DOLL TO
CALL MY OWN,
D7 G7
Bbm6 C7 F
THAN HAVE A FICK-LE-MIND-ED REAL LIVE
GIRL