| C | Am | |
| Quit | beatin' your chest and | actin' like you're gonna bite a big |
| F | G7 | |
| hole outof me | Quit |
| C | Am | |
| messin' and testin' cuz | this ain't at all imp |
| F | G7 | |
| ressin' to me | Paper |
| C | A7 | D7 | G7 | |
| tiger, paper | tiger, | you paper | tigers are all a |
| C | A7 | D7 | G7 | C | G7 | |
| like | Your roar is | much worse than your | bite |
| C | Am | |
| Quit | spyin' and sighin' and | lyin' and tryin' to |
| F | G | |
| be so mean | Cuz |
| C | Am | |
| you ain't scarin' no | body, baby, you're just |
| F | G7 | |
| makin' a scene | Paper |
| C | A7 | D7 | G7 | |
| tiger, paper | tiger, | you're just a' | 7flutterin' in the |
| C | A7 | D7 | G7 | C | C7 | |
| ]tree | Ain't shakin' | no one but the | leaves |
| B7 | C | |
| Oh how you try to be so | brave |
| G7 | C | |
| Thinkin' that I'll run back to ya and be a | fraid |
| B7 | E7 | |
| And so you try to come on | strong |
| A7 | D7 | G7 | |
| Thinkin' that I will go a | long, but you're | wrong |
| C | A7 | D7 | G7 | |
| tiger, paper | tiger, | you paper | tigers are all a |
| C | A7 | D7 | G7 | C | A7 | |
| like | Your roar is | much worse than your | bite |
| D7 | G7 | C | |
| Your roar is | much worse than your | bite. |
| A7 | D7 | G7 | |
| SPOKEN FADE: | C'mere, kitty. | Here, kitty, kitty, kitty ah ha ha ha ha |