It's Only a Paper Moon :: Gypsy Jazz Backing Track

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IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON :: Gypsy Jazz Backing Track
Key: D
Tempo: 170 bpm.
STRUCTURE: Four bar intro, four choruses

A great playback track for practising your Gypsy Jazz improvisation. The track uses a Gypsy Manouche style line-up (guitar, double bass) just like the famous Quintette du Hot Club de France, featuring Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, but with some added light percussion.

lyrics

Say, it's only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Without your love
It's a honky tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played in a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Say, it's only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

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released February 13, 2017
Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose

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Fiddler in various styles: Folk. Blues, Jazz and Country.

Lots of videos on my YouTube channel (search: Chastew Jazz & Blues Fiddle)

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