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02 Dec 03 - 12:51 PM (#1064503) Subject: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Peter T. The return of the "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime Thread" (great Crosby site, by the way) reminds me that I have never been able to find a decent set of guitar chords for "Paper Moon" -- anyone have a set that are playable? "Pennies from Heaven" is another one, but I am not greedy. yours, Peter T. |
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02 Dec 03 - 01:46 PM (#1064551) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Steve Benbows protege try www..theguitarguy.com it will give you the chords over the lyrics. if not p.m me with an e-mail adress and i will scan and send you some. Regards. Pete. |
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02 Dec 03 - 01:51 PM (#1064560) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Merritt I'm at work now but send me a reminder at my home address - merritt@itol.com - and I'll ship you the chords I use. Harold Arlen left us a lot of great music. - Merritt |
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02 Dec 03 - 01:58 PM (#1064570) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Peter T. Thanks Gents, will do. yours, Peter T. |
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02 Dec 03 - 02:01 PM (#1064572) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Leadfingers Harold Arlen Copywrite 1933 Try this lot:- G Ddim D7 g |
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02 Dec 03 - 02:02 PM (#1064573) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Peter T. Thanks, Leadfingers! Wow. The guitarguy site is amazing! yours, Peter T. |
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03 Dec 03 - 01:40 PM (#1064893) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Steve Benbows protege YOUR ARE WELCOME! there are plenty more like it if you want their adresses. send me a p.m as i tend to look at the message counter not at specific messages when i clock in. Regards. Pete. |
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03 Dec 03 - 04:52 PM (#1065030) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: The Fooles Troupe I've always thought that this was a pretty song and tune. It was used as the theme tune for the Australian Movie "Paper Moon". Robin |
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03 Dec 03 - 08:21 PM (#1065167) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Murray MacLeod Leadfingers, it's too late at night for me to figure it out, but surely there is more to the first two lines than that ??? I await a contribution from MTed ..... |
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03 Dec 03 - 08:54 PM (#1065185) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: M.Ted Try these chords--slightly different, but follow the melody a bit better. Four counts(one measure) between the slashes--play two downstrokes for each chord-- Paper Moon ||GG#°/Am7D7/Am7D7/GG/ GG7/CAm7/D9D7/GG/ GG#°/Am7D7/Am7D7/GG/ GG7/CAm7/D9D7/GG7/ (Bridge) Am7A#°/Bm7E7/A7D7/G G/ Am7A#°/Bm7E7/A7A7/D7D7/ GG#°/Am7D7/Am7D7/GG/ GG7/CAm7/D9D7/GG/|| I think the words are approximately right--but I think the bridge should be"With out your love, life's a honky tonk parade, without you love,it's a melody played in a penny arcade", and the second to the last line, last verse, written, I have heard, by Dorothy Parker, should be"It's a Barnum and Bailey world, fake and phoney as it can be"-- |
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04 Dec 03 - 12:33 AM (#1065245) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: M.Ted I missed your post, Murray, because I opened the thread before you posted, and fiddled with the chords for a while before I submitted them--It is amusing and a bit disturbing to know that you can anticipate what I am going to do so precisely! I made the chords pretty simple, but left that walk-up in the bridge because it kind of fun: 5-x-5-5-5-5 6-5-5-6-x-x 7-x-7-7-7-7 x-7-6-7-7-x 5-x-5-6-x-x x-5-4-5-5-x 3-4-4-3-x-x(Gma7) Those so inclined may use G6 and Gma7 for G at their own disgression-- |
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04 Dec 03 - 02:32 AM (#1065279) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: The Fooles Troupe Say, M.Ted have you ever had accordion players try to strangle you? Those pretty complicated Guitar chords don't work for us squeezebox pumpers, but don't worry, I think Ive got a version round here somewhere... :-) Robin |
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04 Dec 03 - 09:09 AM (#1065432) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Peter T. These chords work nice on a banjo, which is pretty perfect. Thanks M. Ted. yours, Peter T. |
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04 Dec 03 - 11:51 AM (#1065514) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Murray MacLeod Excellent work, MTed, but do you realise that since trying your chords I cannot get this damn tune out of my head, I go around humming it all the time. Is there an effective antidote ? |
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04 Dec 03 - 04:08 PM (#1065686) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: M.Ted Sorry, Robin, but, I've worked with a lot of accordian players and have had to figure out chords by watching the buttons, so you get no sympathy from me:-) Seriously, you can simply play the bass note for each chord listed-- Murray, I am sorry about that tune-in-the-head thing--this tune is particularly insidious, and was once even used as a singing commercial for Domino Sugar, which is what runs through my head when I hear it--the only solution is to replace it with another tune equally insidious--I suggest "Button Up Your Overcoat", though I am currently working out "Mele Kalikimaka", which would also do in a pinch-- |
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04 Dec 03 - 07:11 PM (#1065715) Subject: RE: Chords: It's Only A Paper Moon From: Leadfingers I got the chords out of a book of standards I bought thirty years ago.I must try MTed's and see if they work any better.I know the ones I posted DO work though. |