The Life Of A Showgirl

[Intro]
G Am F
G C/E
F Csus2               G
       Her name was Kitty

[Verse 1]
                                 Am
Made her money being pretty and witty
     F                         G
They gave her the keys to this city
                                     Am
Then they said she didn't do it legitly,
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uh
             G
I bought a ticket
                                     Am
She's dancing in her garters and fishnets
F                       G
Fifty in the cast, zero missteps
                                Am F
Looking back, I guess it was kismet

[Pre-Chorus]
  G
I waited by the stage door
Packed in with the autograph
   Am
Hounds barking her name
     F                         G
Then glowing like the end of a cigarette Wow,
she came out
C/E
                F
I said, "You're living my dream"
     D
Then she said to me

[Chorus]
G
"Hey,
                            Am              F
thank you for the lovely bouquet You're swee
ter than a peach
    G                      C/E
But you don't know the life   of a showgirl,
F
babe
           Cadd9
And you're never, ever gonna
G
Wait, the more you play,
                  Am            F
the more that you pay You're sof
ter than a kitten, so
G                      C/E
You don't know the life   of a showgirl,
F
babe
           Cadd9
And you're never gonna wanna"
            C
She was a menace

[Verse 2]
                            Dm        Bb
The baby of the family in Lenox Her fa
                            C
ther whored around like all men did
                                 Dm    Bb
Her mother took pills and played tennis

[Pre-Chorus]
       C
So she waited by the stage door
                               Dm
Asked the club for more to arrive She said,
                 Bb
"I'd sell my soul
                        C
to have a taste of a magnificent life" It's all mine
Am7
           Bb
But that's not what showgirls get
They leave us for dead

[Chorus]
G
"Hey,
                            Am              F
thank you for the lovely bouquet You're swee
ter than a peach
    G                      C/E
But you don't know the life   of a showgirl,
F
babe
           Cadd9
And you're never, ever gonna
G
Wait, the more you play,
                  Am            F
the more that you pay You're sof
ter than a kitten, so
G                      C/E
You don't know the life   of a showgirl,
F
babe
           Cadd9
And you're never gonna wanna"

[Bridge]
G                        G7/F
 I took her pearls of wisdom 
Hung them from my neck
C                                Cm/Eb
 I paid my dues with every bruise
               D7 G                            G7/F
I knew what to expect Do you wanna take a skate
on the ice inside my veins?
C                                Cm/Eb
 They ripped me off like false lashes 
                  D7 G
And then threw me a_way
            G7/F               C               Cm/Eb
And all the headshots on the walls Of the dance     hall
      D7     G
are of  the bitches
             G7/F           C Cm/Eb
Who wish I'd hurry up and die
    D7
But I'm immortal now, baby dolls
           D7
I couldn't if I tried, so I say

[Chorus]
G                             Am         F
 "Thank you for the lovely bouquet I'm ma
rried to the hustle
    G                  C/E
And now I know the life   of a showgirl,
F
babe
         Cadd9
And I'll never know another
G                               Am     F
Pain hidden by the lipstick and lace Se
                      G                  C/E
quins are forever and now I know the life   of a showgirl,
F
babe
         Cadd9             G
Wouldn't have it any other way

[Outro]
                            Am
Thank you for the lovely bouquet
         F                 G        C/E
Wouldn't have it any other way Thank
                      F   Cadd9
you for the lovely bouquet
         G
Hey, Kitty
Am               F                        G        C/E
  Now I'm making money being pretty and witty Thank
                     F    Cadd9
you for the lovely bouquet

[Fade Out]
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| F Cadd9 | G - | Am F | G C/E |
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