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Ballerina Primadonna

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   [INTRO]     
 G     C   G
   [CHORUS]
CBalleDrina, prima EmdonnaG  
Take your Cshoes and your Gshellac
Get out of my Bmlife and don’t come Cback
I’ve played your Dgames for far too Glong
   [VERSE 1]
Was it Emyou who mesmeDrised me, or the CCovent Garden Glights
That Cthrilled and Ghypnotised me on those Amlong fantastic Dnights?
CYou nearly took me Din, you wore that Emsmile upon your Cface
But GI began to Cwake up when I Gsaw behind the Cmake-up and the Dlace
    [2ND CHORUS]
CBalleDrina, prima Emdonna
Take your Cshoes and your Gshellac
Get out of my Bmlife and don’t come Cback
I’ve played your Dgames for far too Glong
CBalleDrina, prima Emdonna
Take your Ctantrums and your Glies
Take your Bmmoods and your midnight Ccries
I won’t Dmiss you when you’re GgoneC  G  
   [VERSE 2]
Now that EmI know you Dwell, I see our love Caffair was just a Gfling
So with Cthese final Gwords I leave this Amcrazy circus Dring
I Ccry no wasted Dtears as I sEmhow you to the Cdoor
You can Glove or you can Chate me, but you Gwon’t manipuClate me anyDmoreDsus4  D  
     [3RD CHORUS]
CBalleriDna, prima Emdonna
Take your Cshoes and your sGhellac
Get out of my lBmife and don’t come Cback
I’ve played your Dgames for far too lGongGsus4  
CBallerDina, prima Emdonna
Take your Ctantrums and your Glies
Take your Bmmoods and your midnight Ccries
I won’t Dmiss you when you’re GgoneGsus4  
      [4TH CHORUS]
CBalleriDna, prima Emdonna
Take your Cshoes and your Gshellac
Get out of my Bmlife and don’t come Cback
I’ve played your Dgames for far too Glong
CBallerDina, prima Emdonna
Take your Ctantrums and your Glies
Take your Bmmoods and your midnight Ccries
I won’t Dmiss you when you’re Ggone
     [FADE OUT REPRISE]
GBallerina, Dprima Cdonna
GI won’t Cmiss you Amwhen you’re Ggone
GBallerina, pDrima dConna
I won’t miDss you when you’re gGone
BallerCina, Dprima Cdonna
GI won’t Cmiss you whAmen you’re gGone
GBallerina, Dprima dConna       To Fade

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Ballerina Primadonna

by Steve Harley

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Dsus4

Gsus4

[INTRO]

G C G

[CHORUS]

C D Em G

Ballerina, prima donna

C G

Take your shoes and your shellac

Bm C

Get out of my life and don’t come back

D G

I’ve played your games for far too long

[VERSE 1]

Em D C G

Was it you who mesmerised me, or the Covent Garden lights

C G Am D

That thrilled and hypnotised me on those long fantastic nights?

C D Em C

You nearly took me in, you wore that smile upon your face

G C G C D

But I began to wake up when I saw behind the make-up and the lace

[2ND CHORUS]

C D Em

Ballerina, prima donna

C G

Take your shoes and your shellac

Bm C

Get out of my life and don’t come back

D G

I’ve played your games for far too long

C D Em

Ballerina, prima donna

C G

Take your tantrums and your lies

Bm C

Take your moods and your midnight cries

D G C G

I won’t miss you when you’re gone

[VERSE 2]

Em D C G

Now that I know you well, I see our love affair was just a fling

C G Am D

So with these final words I leave this crazy circus ring

C D Em C

I cry no wasted tears as I show you to the door

G C G C D Dsus4 D

You can love or you can hate me, but you won’t manipulate me anymore

[3RD CHORUS]

C D Em

Ballerina, prima donna

C G

Take your shoes and your shellac

Bm C

Get out of my life and don’t come back

D G Gsus4

I’ve played your games for far too long

C D Em

Ballerina, prima donna

C G

Take your tantrums and your lies

Bm C

Take your moods and your midnight cries

D G Gsus4

I won’t miss you when you’re gone

[4TH CHORUS]

C D Em

Ballerina, prima donna

C G

Take your shoes and your shellac

Bm C

Get out of my life and don’t come back

D G

I’ve played your games for far too long

C D Em

Ballerina, prima donna

C G

Take your tantrums and your lies

Bm C

Take your moods and your midnight cries

D G

I won’t miss you when you’re gone

[FADE OUT REPRISE]

G D C

Ballerina, prima donna

G C Am G

I won’t miss you when you’re gone

G D C

Ballerina, prima donna

D G

I won’t miss you when you’re gone

C D C

Ballerina, prima donna

G C Am G

I won’t miss you when you’re gone

G D C

Ballerina, prima donna To Fade

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