Elkie Brooks

Pearls A Singer

Elkie Brooks


Tom: Am

          C
Pearl's a singer
                                   F
She stands up when she plays the piano
     C
In a nightclub
          C
Pearl's a singer
                                     F
She sings songs for the lost and the lonely
           G
Her job is entertaining folks
        F
Singing songs and telling jokes
     C
In a nightclub


          C
Pearl's a singer
                                 F
And they say that she once was a winner
     C
in a contest
          C
Pearl's a singer
                                 F
And they say that she once cut a record
               G
They played it for a week or so
       F
On the local radio
         C
It never made it


G            F           C
  She wanted to be Betty Grable
Am             D                  G            G7
   But now she sits there at that beer stained table
E7                            Am           F
   Dreaming of the things she never got to do
          D7          G          C
All those dreams that never came true


          C
Pearl's a singer
                                   F
She stands up when she plays the piano
     C
In a nightclub
          C
Pearl's a singer
                                     F
She sings songs for the lost and the lonely
            G
Her job is entertaining folks
        F
Singing songs and telling jokes
     C
In a nightclub


           C
Pearl's a singer
                                   F
She stands up when she plays the piano
     C
In a nightclub
          C
Pearl's a singer
                                      F
She sings songs for the lost and the lonely
          G
Her job's entertaining folks
         F
Singing songs and telling jokes
             C
In a nightclub