Louisa chords by
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
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Key: F major
Verse 1
C
C

A
A

G
G

C
C

Ab
Ab

Louisa was a movie queen
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F

Before she'd achieved
G
G

the age of sweet sixteen
C
C

Long before Cagney threw those
F
F

girls about
D
D

G
G

Little Louisa tossed her curls about
C
C

Caug
Caug

Later when the talkies came
Bb
Bb

Dm
Dm

The whole world resounded
B
B

to her fame
G
G

Each time she married
Every daily paper carried
Headlines blazing her name
Not only headlines
But photographs and interviews
Every thing she did was news
that held the world in thrall
C
C

G
G

Some say she read lines better than
C
C

Marléne could
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G

No other entertainer could
Compete with her at all
F
F

G
G

But regardless of the fact
That she could sing and dance
A
A

and act
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F

And owned furniture that wasn't
Bb
Bb

C
C

Cm
Cm

"Little Rockery"
C
C

Dm
Dm

And regardless of her gems,
G
G

Em
Em

A
A

which were hers not MGM's
Dm
Dm

G
G

Her life was one long mockery
Gdim
Gdim

Fm
Fm

Edim
Edim

Gdim
Gdim

Verse 2
Gm
Gm

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Louisa was terribly lonely
Fm
Fm

Sucess brought her naught
Bb
Bb

but despair
Ab
Ab

She derived little fun
Bb
Bb

From the oscars she'd won
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Eb

Gm
Gm

Cm
Cm

And none
F
F

Bb
Bb

From her home in Bel Aire
Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

Eb
Eb

She said she was weary of living
Fm
Fm

G
G

On this bestial, terrestrial plane
C
C

Dbdim
Dbdim

C
C

When friends came to visit
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F

Their hands she would clutch
Bb
Bb

Crying, "Tell me why is it
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Eb

I suf fer so much?
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Ab

Fdim
Fdim

Eb
Eb

Oh, if only, if only, if only
Fm
Fm

G
G

C
C

My life wasn't quite such a strain."
Fm
Fm

B
B

And soon after that she
G
G

Gm
Gm

C
C

was terribly lonely
Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

All over again
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

Verse 3
Eb
Eb

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Louisa was terribly lonely
Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

Louisa was terribly sad
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

It ap pears that the cheers
Bb
Bb

Ab
Ab

that had rung in her ears
Cm
Cm

C
C

F
F

Eb
Eb

For years had been driving her mad
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

She sobbed when men
offered her sables
Fm
Fm

And moaned when they gave
G
G

her champagne
C
C

She remarked to her groom
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F

on their honeymoon night
Bb
Bb

As he tenderly kissed her and
Eb
Eb

switched off the light
Ab
Ab

Fm
Fm

Fdim
Fdim

Abm
Abm

Eb
Eb

"Oh, If only, if only, if only
Fm
Fm

I'd flung myself out of
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G

Dbdim
Dbdim

C
C

that plane..."
Fm
Fm

Ab
Ab

And the very next day she
G
G

C
C

was terribly lonely
Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

All over again
Eb
Eb

Verse 4
Bb
Bb

A
A

D
D

G
G

Louisa was terribly lonely
A
A

D
D

A
A

D
D

(The girl had no fun)
A
A

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Louisa was tired of it all
A
A

Adim
Adim

A
A

(Not a call from anyone)
D
D

She gazed like a dazed, frustrated sphinx
G
G

Em
Em

At her hundred and eight
D
D

Bm
Bm

new tated minx
Em
Em

And she wrung her hands
And she beat her breast
D
D

A
A

Crying, "My, my, my,
I'm so depressed."
D
D

Daug
Daug

D
D

Nobody knew the troubles
she'd seen
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B

Nobody knew, but you- know- who
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E

A
A

The tribula tions of a movie queen
D
D

So, farewell
Verse 5
to lovely Louisa
Em
Em

(We'll just let life tease her.)
Let's leave her searching
F#
F#

in vain
(Find someone to explain.)
B
B

Why destiny
Singled her out to be
Em
Em

Only
Edim
Edim

Gm
Gm

G
G

Gm
Gm

Lonely
Over and over again
D
D

Abdim
Abdim

G
G

D
D

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