Tonart: F major•
Verse 1
Gm
C
F
We sat at a table in Lindy's
and I ordered up dinners for two.
Bb
My guest was a grimy intruder
G
who had asked me to buy him a stew.
Gm
G
But somehow I pitied the beggar,
C
so shabbily dressed and so old,
and I asked him the cause of his trouble,
F
and this is the story he told.
Db
I know what it means to be happy.
I once had a wife and some dough.
Ebm
We did a trapeze act together
Ab
and we circled the globe
with a show.
Db
But long years of dangerous acting
had tired us of roaming around
and this was to be our last season
Ebm
we'd pack in and stay on the ground.
Ab
We'd pick out a home in the country
and one or two kids would be swell.
F
She lived for no one but her Larry
and I lived for no one but Nell.
C
We counted the days till the blow -off,
and the final act now
was at hand.
We sat in our dressing room waiting,
They struck up the band.
Db
We looked at each other in silence,
the last time for us to go on.
We trotted out under the big top,
and she carried herself like a swan.
Ebm
Db
I thought as she swung into
Ab
action
so graceful and spry as an elf,
If God made a soul any sweeter,
Db
he kept her up there for himself.
F
Now thousands of people applauded.
The regular routine was through.
G
The singles an d doubles were
C
Now we just had the climax to do.
I still can't account for the crack -up,
F
but God, I can picture it yet.
Db
She made a bum leave on the triple,
and I missed her,
and she missed the net.
C
With Nell gone and nothing to live for,
Gm
I let myself go to the bad.
Bb
C
I've anchored in bar rooms and hay joints,
and they took me for all that I had.
F
At night I lay drunk in some hallway
and dream about high bars and Nell.
Db
I see her white form coming at me.
I miss her and let out a yell.
With that, the poor devil quit talking.
He shuddered and lowered his head.
but he didn't answer.
I summoned for help.
He was dead.
I looked at my watch.
I must hurry.
F
I'd almost forgotten my date.
Db
F#
Right now, I was due at the playhouse,
Db
an opening night there at eight.
So I paid for his meal
and departed.
Ebm
Ab
Db
I smiled, for I knew very well.
Ebm
Db
While I was first nighting on Broadway,
Ab
he, was first nighting with Nell.
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