Lirik dan Chord Lagu It’s Only a Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "It’s Only a Paper Moon" adalah lagu jaz yang muncul pertama kali pada 1933 silam, diciptakan oleh Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg dan Billy Rose.

Ella Fitzgerald menjadi salah satu artis yang menyanyikan kembali lagu ini pada 1945.

Pada 1961, lagu ini dimuat dalam album Ella yang bertajuk 
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Songbook.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Summertime - Louis Armstrong dan Ella Fitzgerald

Simak lirik dan chord lagu "It's Only a Paper Moon" versi Ella Fitzgerald.

Bb          Dm7 Cm7   F7
Say it's only a paper moon
D#                     Bb
Sailing over a cardboard sea
Bb                                D#
But it wouldn't be make-believe
      Cm7  F7         Bb
If you believed in me
Bb          Dm7  Cm7   F7
Yes, it's only a canvas sky
D#                     Bb
Hanging over a muslin tree
Bb                             D#
But it wouldn't be make-believe
  Cm7 F7            Bb
If you believed in me

  Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Without your love
           D# Dm7    Bb
It's a honky tonk parade
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Without your love
           D#                            D#m7
It's a melody played in a penny arcade

Bb       Dm7          Cm7 F7
It's a barnum and bailey world
D#                    Bb
Just as phony as it can be
Bb                        D#
But it wouldn't be make-believe
     Cm7 F7          Bb
If you believed in me

Bb                      D#
But it wouldn't be make-believe
                  Cm7 F7            Bb
Believe if you believed in me