Paper Tiger
Sue Thompson
Words and Music by John D Loudermilk
(peak Billboard position # 23 in 1965)


Quit beatin’ your chest and actin’ like you’re gonna bite a big hole out of me
Quit messin’ and testin’ cuz this ain’t 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 ain’t scarin’ nobody, baby, you’re just makin’ a scene
Paper tiger, paper tiger, you’re just a’flutterin’ in the tree
Ain’t shakin’ no one but the leaves

Oh how you try to be so brave
Thinkin’ that I’ll run back to ya and be afraid
And so you try to come on strong
Thinkin’ that I will go along, but you’re 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:  C’mere, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty  ah ha ha ha ha

Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz@worldnet.att.net