Elly chords by Paul Kelly And The Messengers

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Intro 1

Ellie

Verse 1
wrapped her nineteen years
C 
in a coat from forty -one
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She had the looks
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C 
that would make a grown man cry
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From the Diamantina River country
C 
She crossed the dry Midwest
D 
From her chartered dreams
and sheltered schemes
G 
She cut the ties
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G 
The commercial man
made blunt demands
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As they traveled south by east
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Bm 
Ellie turned into  a woman
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C 
overnight
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Then he set her down in the heart of town,
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a millionaire's retreat
D 
She gazed up at the tall glass concrete walls
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of Main Street's surface paradise
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If the deck's been
marked before the deal,
Bm 
D 
you learn to compromise
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Get to know the cool hand
G 
C 
with the dice
G 
Learn to live off losers
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Cause they make the mistakes twice
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Bm 
You're living in high society
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C 
but you're street wise
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C 
Just to survive, aren't I mama, ooh
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C 
Just to survive
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With the bay blue eyes and
centiphaled looks
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Man, she stacked them in
D 
All the senators and doctors
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C 
called her madame
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With the fifteen girls she built a world
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A pledged paradise
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Bm 
D 
I'm what a man of God
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would call the wages of sin
C 
Now if the deck's been marked
before the deal
Bm 
D 
You learn to compromise
C 
And get to know the cool
G 
C 
hand with the dice
G 
Learn to live off losers
C 
Cause they make the mistakes twice
D 
You're living in high society
Bm 
D 
C 
but you're streetwise
G 
Just to survive, I doubt my mind
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G 
C 
G 
C 
Just to survive
G 
Now a wealthy woman
drinks with diamond rings
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She sits twenty stories high
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And gazes out as the sun
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C 
lifts from the sea
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To make it to the top
C 
Ellie sacrificed a lot
D 
And found the seven figures
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some much too high a fee
C 
If the deck's been marked
before the deal
Bm 
D 
You learn to compromise
C 
And get to know the cool
G 
C 
hand with the dice
G 
Learn to live off losers
C 
Cause they make their mistakes twice
D 
Bm 
You're living in high society,
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C 
but you're street wise
G 
C 
G 
Just to survive, I tell mama, just to survive
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G 
C 
I tell mama, just to survive you