2 acessos
C C+ Am Who thanked the Lord for the clothes that she wore and mended C7 F G C Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes C C+ Am Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow C7 F G C Nellie there's a different world backstage (Chorus:) Bb Fmaj7 I see the flood lights burning Bb Fmaj7 I hear the band play on Bb Am Gm F F C Now Nel---lie takes her bow C C+ Am She said she really could not stay C7 F G C Nellie she had a brand new play to play C C+ Am C7 And so she paints her face and smiles F G C And she'll be some one else in a while (Chorus) C C+ Just another lonely girl who could not face a broken world Am And so she acts out all her dreams C7 and wishes that's how it had been F But when the audience is near G C It seems as though she doesn't seem to care C C+ Nellie just sent me a line to tell me she was doing fine Am She got the lead and on Brodway C7 And now they're digging her today F And as she turns the final page G C Living some one's life upon the stage