C Who thanked the Lord for the E+ clothes
That she wore Am and mended C7
Nellie Fmaj7 with the G big G9- old G fa-G7 shioned
C eyes G9- G G7

C Who won the heart of a E+ crowd tore apart
Am took a bow C7
Nellie Fmaj7 there’s a
G dif-G9- ferent G world G7 backs-C tage

Bb I see the Fmaj7 flood lights burning
Bb I hear the Fmaj7 band play on
Bb Now Am Nel-Dm7 lie F takes her C bow

C She said she E+ really could not Am stay C7
Nellie Fmaj7 she had a G brand G9- new G play G7
to C play E7/G G C#

C And so she E+ paints her face and Am smiles C7
F And she’ll be G some G9- one G else G7 in a C while

Bb I see the Fmaj7 flood lights burning
Bb I hear the Fmaj7 band play on
Bb Now Am Nel-Dm7 lie takes her C bow

C Just another lonely girl who E+ could not face a broken world
And Am so she acts out all her dreams
and C7 wishes that’s how it had been
F But when the audience is near
It G seems as though she doesn’t seem to C care E7/G G C#

C Nellie just sent me a line to E+ tell me she was doing fine
She Am got the lead and on Broadway
And C7 now they’re digging her today
And F so she turns the final page
G Living some one’s life upon the C stage

Bb I see the Fmaj7 flood lights burning
Bb I hear the Fmaj7 band play on
Bb Now Am Nel-Dm7 lie takes her C bow

Outro Bb Am Dm7 F C