Belinda Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Whe[G]n I[D] fi[G]rst met [D]Belinda
[G]It was dow[D]n in Corpus Christi
[Dsus4]Back in August I [D]believe,[Dsus4]
[Am]back in [D]'53
She was [G]workin' as a dancer
And her life- [Em]size tinted photo
Beckoned [D]tantalizingly from [Dsus4]a
mar[D]quee[Dsus4][D][G]

[Verse 2]
The [D]red neon was flashin'
[Dsus4]Music pou[D]red out on the street
[G]And the clu[D]b, I'm sure,
[Dsus4]had seen it's [C]better [F]days
And a [Bbm]sea of blurry eyes[Eb]
And upturned [Ab]faces watched [Fm]Belinda
As [G]she danced within the noisy,
[C]smoky haze
[F]You may know my body

[Verse 3]
But you can[Bb]not know my mind
[F]She moved her lips but
[Gm]didn't make [F]a sound
You may know my body
But you [Bb]can not know my mind
Then she'd [F]dip and twirl and
[Gm]smile and dance [F]around
[A]

[Verse 4]
[D]Belinda was a beauty
[Dsus4]She reveale[D]d her body slowly
[G]So [D]that all the cowboys [Dsus4]strained
and [C]craned to [Am]see[D]
Her se[G]quined skirts would swirl and twirl
And catch [Em]the light and sparkle
And [D]Belinda's eyes would wander
restlessly
[Dsus4]

[Verse 5]
[D]
[Dsus4]Now, I did [D]not know Belinda
[G]When she was[D] a little girl
[G]But as [D]a child,
I'm sure she [C]often [F]dreamed
And I [Bbm]used to wonder, u[Eb]sed to ponder
[Ab]Just what did go [Fm]wrong
But then [G]Belinda was not
always what she [C]seemed
[F]You may know my body

[Verse 6]
But you [Bb]cannot know my mind
[F]She moved her lips but [Gm]didn't
make [F]a sound
You may know my body
But you can[Bb]not know my mind
Then she'd [F]dip and twirl [Gm]and smile
and dance [F]around
[A]

[Verse 7]
Then one [D]night I wrote a hasty note
[G]And thr[D]ew it on the stage
Askin' her if she [Dsus4]would have
[C]a drink with [Am]me[D]
And [G]we talked of many things
About the sun[Em]shine and the country
And [D]a tear came to her eye quite suddenly

[Verse 8]
[D]
And I listened to her, thought about her
Finally, I asked her
"Tell me, Belinda,
[Dsus4]what does your life[C] mean[F]?"
She [Bbm]looked me in [Eb]the eye
And told [Ab]me "Forty bucks [Fm]a week
[G]And to be a damn good dancin'
Burlesque [C]queen"
"Ah, [F]you may know my body

[Verse 9]
But you [Bb]can not know my mind"
[F]She said to me [Gm]as she prepared to [F]go
You may know my body
But you can[Bb]not know my mind
Then [F]she laughed and left [Gm]to do
her second [F]show

[Outro 1]
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