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Paper Roses

Words & Music by Janice Torre & Fred Spielman, 1955

Recorded by Anita Bryant, 1960 (#5); also by Marie Osmond, 1973

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Loretta Lynn also recorded it, but I think it was later.

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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.

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[This message was edited by Roy Ayres on 09 September 2006 at 06:31 PM.]

First recording was by Spade Cooley,
July/1950 RCA Victor Studio, Hollywood (session No. E0-VB-3716).
This version was meant only for radio use (never released on the record).

First version on SP record was by Cecil Campbell (RCA-48-0472) released June 1951.

Side A: Paper Roses

Side B: Tennessee Steel Guitar

Hope it'll help.

Late 1950's early 1960's

[This message was edited by Jimmy Youngblood on 10 September 2006 at 02:03 AM.]

(I do...)

[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 10 September 2006 at 03:17 AM.]