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