Intro: G C D G C D G C DG C D G She’s history. No one would give her a star on the walkC D G C D Em She’d have a hundred if pillows could talk, where have I seen her beforeC D G C D She’s the face on the cutting room floorG C D G It’s no mystery. Acted in school at the tenderest ageC D G C D Em Lit up the room when she stepped on stage. Came to A for some moreC D G She’s the face on the cutting room floorD# G She had visions of contracts and thousands of people in line, to see herD# D D7 Knocking on door after door after all of this time, now she’s not sureG C D G Up in Hollywood, stayed with an agent she met in a barC D G Laughed when he told her he'd make her a starC D Em Where has she heard that before?C D G She’s the face on the cutting room floorInstrumental: G C D G C D G C DD# G One night he told her that she’d never get anywhere in her clothesD# D D7 That’s what it takes to play movieland musical chairs now she knowsG C D G Goodbye Hollywood leaving tonight on the 2:30 houndC D G C D Em Sunrise on sunset she wont be around but they’ll replace her with so many moreC D G She’s the face on the cutting room floorC D G Oh, she’s a face on the cutting room floorC D G Poor little face on the cutting room floorC D G (fade) Face on the cutting room floor
Face On The Cutting Room Floor
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