Chords for Elkie Brooks - Pearl's A Singer - 2006

_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh
_ _ _ The singer _
[C] _ _ She stands up when she plays
the [F] _ piano _
_ _ _ [C] in a [G] nightclub _
_ _ _ Oh the singer
[G] _ _
[C] _ She sings songs for [C] the lost _ [F] and the lonely _
_ Her job [G] is _ entertaining folks
Singing [F] _ songs and telling jokes _ [C] in a nightclub
[F] _ _
_ _ Oh the singer _ _
_ _ And they say that she once [D] _ [F] was a winner _
_ _ in [C] a contest _
_ _ Oh the singer _ _
_ _ And they say that she wants
[D] _ [F] to cut a record _ _
They played it [G] for a week or so
_ [F] on the local radio
_ _ [C] And never made it _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] She wanted [F] to be Betty [C] Graham _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ Now [D] she sits there at [F] that
B [G].S. game table
[F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Dreaming of the things
[Am] She never got [F] to do
_ [D] All those dreams
[G] That never
[C] came _ true
_ _ _ Pearl's a singer _ _
_ She stands up
when she plays [D] the [F] _ piano _
_ _ _ [C] in a _ nightclub
_ _ _ Pearl's a singer _
_ She sings songs for the lost _ [F] and the _ lonely
_ Her [G] job is _ entertaining folks
[F] Singing songs and telling jokes
_ [C] in a _ nightclub _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Pearl's a singer _
_ _ She [F] [C] stands up
[F] _
[C] when she plays
_ [F] the piano
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ in a [G] nightclub
Pearl's _ _ _ a [C] singer _
_ _ _ [C] She sings songs
for _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] the lost and the lonely
_ [F] Singing _ songs and telling _ jokes
[Bb] in [C] a nightclub
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ She stands up
[C] when _ she plays
in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ a _ nightclub
She _ _ [F] _ sings songs
for the lost _ _ and _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ the lonely
She stands up
when she plays
[C] the [F] piano _ _ _
_ _ [G] Her job is _ entertaining folks
_ Singing [F] songs
and telling jokes _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
in a nightclub _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ She stands [F] _
up
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
when she plays
_ in a nightclub _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _