Chord/Tab song: 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.


lyrics and chords by Shangri-La
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All music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne

[C]Who thanked the Lord for the [C+]clothes that she wore [Am]and mended

[C7]Nellie [F]with the [G]big old fashioned [C]eyes

[C]Who won the heart of a [C+]crowd tore apart, [Am]took a bow

[C7]Nellie [F]there's a [G]different world [C]backstage

(Chorus:)
[Bb]I see the [Fmaj7]flood lights burning

[Bb]I hear the [Fmaj7]band play on

[Bb]Now [Am]Nel---[Gm]lie [F]takes [F]her [C]bow

[C]She said she [C+]really could not [Am]stay

[C7]Nellie [F]she had a [G]brand new play to [C]play

[C]And so she [C+]paints her face and [Am]smiles[C7]

[F]And she'll be [G]some one else in a [C]while

(Chorus)

[C]Just another lonely girl who [C+]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]It seems as though she doesn't seem to [C]care

[C]Nellie just sent me a line to [C+]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]Living some one's life upon the [C]stage

(Chorus)