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


     [FDE  OUT D PRISE]
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