Pearl’s a Singer Elkie Brooks Pearl's a [C] singer She stands up when she plays the [F] piano In a [C] nightclub Pearl's a [C] singer She sings songs for the lost and [F] lonely Her job is [G] entertaining folks Singing [F] songs and telling jokes In a [C] nightclub Pearl's a [C] singer And they say that she once was a [F] winner, in a [C] contest Pearl's a [C] singer And they say that she once cut a [F] record They played it [G] for a week or so On the [F] local radio It never [C] made it [G] She wanted [F] to be Betty [C] Grable [Am] But now she [D] sits there at that [G] beer stained [F] table [E7] Dreaming of the things she [Am] never got to [F] do All those [D7] dreams that [G] never came [C] true Pearl's a [C] singer She stands up when she plays the [F] piano, in a [C] nightclub Pearl's a [C] singer She sings songs for the lost and [F] lonely Her job is [G] entertaining folks Singing [F] songs and telling jokes, in a [C] nightclub Pearl's a [C] singer She stands up when she plays the [F] piano, in a [C] nightclub Pearl's a [C] singer She sings songs for the lost and [F] lonely Her job is [G] entertaining folks Singing [F] songs and telling jokes In a [C] nightclub ..