Verse 1:
C A7 D7
I?m goin? to buy a paper doll that I can call my own,
G7 C6 Gdim Dm7 G7
A doll that other fellas cannot steal
C Cm G B7 E7
And then those, flirty, flirty guys, with their flirty, flirty eyes
D7 G7
will have to flirt with dollies that are real
G7 C
When I come home at night she will be waiting,
G7 E7
She?ll be the truest doll in all the world
F F#dim C E7 A7
I?d rather have a paper doll to call my own
Dm7 G7 C Ab7 Dm G7
than have a fickle-minded real live girl
Bridge:
G7 C
I guess I?ve had a million dolls or more,
E7 Am
I guess I?ve played the doll game o?er and o?er
G7 C A7
I just quarreled with Sue, that?s why I?m blue;
D7 G7 Gdim G7
She?s gone away and left me just like all dolls do
G7 C
I?ll tell you, boys, it?s tough to be a-lone,
E7 Am
and it?s tough to love a doll that?s not your own.
G G7 Gdim G G7 Gdim
I?m through with all of them, I?ll never fall again,
Am7 D7 G G7
?cause this... is what I?m gonna do...
Verse 2:
C A7 D7
I?m goin? to buy a paper doll that I can call my own,
G7 C6 Gdim Dm7 G7
A doll that other fellas cannot steal
C Cm G B7 E7
And then those, flirty, flirty guys, with their flirty, flirty eyes
D7 G7
will have to flirt with dollies that are real
G7 C
When I come home at night she will be waiting,
G7 E7
She?ll be the truest doll in all the world
F F#dim C E7 A7
I?d rather have a paper doll to call my own
Dm7 G7
than have a fickle-minded real live -
Dm7 G7
a fickle-minded real live -
Dm7 G7 C
a fickle-minded real live girl