C  
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
She stands up when she plays the piano

          C 
In a nightclub

          C
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
She sings songs for the lost and lonely

           G
Her job is entertaining folks

        F
Singing songs and telling jokes 

     C
In a nightclub

          C
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
And they say that she once was a winner

     C
in a contest

          C
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
And they say that she once cut a record

               G
They played it for a week or so

       F
On the local radio

         C
It never made it

G          F           C
She wanted to be Betty Grable

Am          D                  G            F
But now she sits there at that beer stained table

C                          G            C  
Dreaming of the things she never got to do

          F           G          C
All those dreams that never came true

          C  
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
She stands up when she plays the piano

          C 
In a nightclub

          C
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
She sings songs for the lost and lonely

           G
Her job is entertaining folks

        F
Singing songs and telling jokes 

     C
In a nightclub


          C  
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
She stands up when she plays the piano

          C 
In a nightclub

          C
Pearl's a singer

                                 F
She sings songs for the lost and lonely

           G
Her job is entertaining folks

        F
Singing songs and telling jokes 

     C
In a nightclub.................