Paper Roses

G        Am7       G       G/F#    D
I re - a - lize the way your eyes deceived me,

     D7      Am7       D7   Cdim       G
With tender looks that I mistook for love.

    G    G/F#     Em    Bm7/5      C   C/B   Am7   Am7/G
So take away the flowers that you gave me

      D      Am7        D7    Cdim    G    Am7     G
And send the kind that you remind me of.

Refrain:

G7     C   C/B   Am7  Am7/G  G    G/F#   Em
Paper ro - ses,        paper ro - ses;

G/B     C         C/B   Am7      G
Oh how real those roses seem to be.

G7          C   C/B   Am7   Am7/G     G    G/F#   Em
But they're on - ly          im - i - ta - tion,

G/B       Am7    Am7/G       D7    D9  G
Like your im - i - ta - tion love for me.

     G          Am7      G    G/F#     D
I thought that you would be a perfect lover;

     D7       Am7       D7     Cdim      G
You seemed so full of sweetness at the start.

     G     G/F#     Em        Bm7/5    C    C/B   Am7   Am7/G
But like a big red rose that's made of pa - per,

       D    Am7  D7      Cdim       G    Am7     G
There isn't any sweetness in your heart.

Repeat Refrain:

Coda:

G/B       Am7    Am7/G       D7    D9  G
Like your im - i - ta - tion love for me.