Electric Light Orchestra - Nellie Takes Her Bow

      
 
 Nellie Takes Her Bow is from the No Answer album. It was the first ELO
 Album ever, back when Roy Wood was part of ELO.
 
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 * lyrics and chords by Shangri-La *
 * corrections or suggestions welcome *
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 All music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne
 
 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
 
 (Chorus)