Pearl's A Singer was written by Ralph Dino, John Sembello, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller.
Elkie Brooks recorded the song in 1977 and released it February 25, 1977.
The song is featured on her top selling album - Pearls
Music: Key of C Major in 4/4 time at ~ 60 bpm (♩)
Chords: C, F, G, G7, Am, D, D7, Dm7, E7
Pearl's A Singer
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
Intro:4/4 C
1. Pearls a sing-er
F
She stands up when she plays the pi-a-no
C F C
In a | night-club | |
C
Pearls a sing-er
F
She sings songs for the lost and the lone-ly
G
Her job is en-ter-tain-ing folks
Dm7 F
Sing-ing songs and tell-ing jokes
C F C
In a | night-club | |
C
2. Pearls a sing-er
F
And they say that she once was a win-ner
C F C
In a con - test | |
C
Pearls a sing-er
F
And they say that she once cut a re-cord
G
They played it for a week or so
Dm7 F
On the lo-cal ra-di-o
C F C
It nev-er | made it | |
G F C G
Bridge: She want-ed to be Bet-ty | Gra-ble | / / / |
Am D7 G G7 F
But now she sits there at that beer stained | ta-ble / / |
E7 Am G F
Dream-ing of the things she | ne-ver got to | do |
D7 F C F C
All those dreams that ne - ver came | true - | |
C
3. Pearls a sing-er
F
She stands up when she plays the pi-a-no
C F C
In a | night-club | |
C
Pearls a sing-er
F
She sings songs for the lost and the lone-ly
G
Her job is en-ter-tain-ing folks
Dm7 F
Sing-ing songs and tell-ing jokes
C C
In a | night-club | 𝄑 |
C
4. Pearls a sing-er
F
She stands up when she plays the pi-a-no
C F C
In a | night-club | |
C
Pearls a sing-er
F
She sings songs for the lost and the lone-ly
G
Her job is en-ter-tain-ing folks
Dm7 F
Sing-ing songs and tell-ing jokes...
C F C
In a | night-club | | 𝄑 |
