Paper Tiger



Artist: Sue Thompson (peak Billboard position # 23 in 1965)

Words and Music by John D Loudermilk



Quit beatin?your chest and actin?like youre gonna bite a big hole out of me

Quit messin?and testin?cuz this aint at all impressin?to me

Paper tiger, paper tiger, you paper tigers are all alike

Your roar is much worse than your bite.



Quit spyin?and sighin?and lyin?and tryin?to be so mean

Cuz you aint scarin?nobody, baby, youre just makin?a scene

Paper tiger, paper tiger, youre just aflutterin?in the tree

Aint shakin?no one but the leaves



Oh how you try to be so brave

Thinkin?that Ill run back to ya and be afraid

And so you try to come on strong

Thinkin?that I will go along, but youre wrong

Paper tiger, paper tiger, you paper tigers are all alike

Your roar is much worse than your bite.



Your roar is much worse than your bite.



SPOKEN FADE: Cmere, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty ah ha ha ha ha



Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net