Pearl’s a singer (1977)

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1. Pearl's a singer,

F C

she stands up when she plays the piano in a night club.

C

Pearl's a singer,

F

she sings songs for the lost and the lonely,

G

her job is entertaining folks,

F C

singing songs and telling jokes in a night club.

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2. Pearl's a singer

F C

and they say that she once was a winner in a contest.

C

Pearl's a singer

F

and they say that she once got a record,

G F

they played it for a week or so on the local radio,

C

it never made it.

G F C

She wanted to be Betty Gravel,

Am D G G7

but now she sits there at that beer stained table,

E Am F

dreaming of the things she never got to do,

D7 G C

all those dreams that never came true.

+ repeat verse 1 (2x) + F - C

(Elkie Brooks)