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





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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