Ballerina (chromatic)

BALLERINA
W: Bob Russell
M: Carl Sigman
Nat King Cole, Van Morrison
Key: C

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Dance, bal-le-ri-na, dance,  
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and do your pir-ou-ette 
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In rhy-thm with your ach-ing heart. 
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Dance, bal-le-ri-na, dance.   
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You must-n't once for-get 
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A danc-er has to dance the part. 
 
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Whirl, bal-le-ri-na, whirl,  
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and just ig-nore the chair 
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That's emp-ty in the sec-ond row. 
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This is your mo-ment girl.  
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Al-though he's not out there 
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ap-plaud-ing as you steal the show. 
 
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Once you said his love must wait its turn, 
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You want-ed fame in-stead. 
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I guess that's your con-cern, 
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we live and learn, and love is gone 
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Bal-le-ri-na, gone.  
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So on with your ca-reer 
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You can't af-ford a back-ward glance. 
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Dance on and on and on
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a thou-sand peo-ple here
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have come to see the show
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as ‘round and ‘round you go
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so bal-le-ri-na  dance  dance  dance