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Intro:
Am Em Am Em F C Am
Em F C F
Am C F C Am
Em F Am C G
Verse 1:
Am Am7
Nellie stands up from a wooden chair
F C Am
Her brain goes fuzzy and her face goes fair
G
She sets into motion
F
Pretending she knows
Am G
The way out of here
Verse 2:
Am Am7
The voice is coming from inside the house
F C Am
But no one told her it would get so loud
G
In motion, emotions
F
She's holding out hope
Am C F C
She can tamp it down
Chorus:
C C(add9)
She is cooler than I thought she'd be
Am Am7 C
She likes good music and the right TV
C(add9) C
Who needs enemies with thoughts like these?
C(add9) C
No, Nelliе's not there at all, at all
C C(add9)
She is walking on a too-thin string
Am Am7 C
Abovе a canyon full of sharp-edged things
C C(add9) F
But how she's dancing makes you think she's walking on air
Am Am7 Am
It's the trick of the fall, the fall, the fall
[Instrumental]
C F C Am
C F Am C F
Verse 3:
Am Am7 C
Nellie's sitting on a south-bound train
F C Am
She adds her totals from the day away
C
Just math in a notebook
Dm Am C
She hides in a cabinet by the sink
Verse 4:
Am C
She's long been wishing she could find that gleam
F C Am
That made her glorious at seventeen
C
What would she like, then?
F Am C
Who was she tryin' to please?
Chorus:
C C(add9)
She is cooler than I thought she'd be
Am Am7 C
She likes good music and the right TV
C(add9) C
Who needs enemies with thoughts like these?
C(add9) C
No, Nelliе's not there at all, at all
C C(add9)
She is walking on a too-thin string
Am Am7 C
Abovе a canyon full of sharp-edged things
C C(add9) F
But how she's dancing makes you think she's walking on air
Am Am7 Am
It's the trick of the fall, the fall, the fall
[Instrumental]
Am C F C
Am C F C
G C G
C C A C F C
Outro:
C(add9) C
She's falling, she's falling
C(add9) C
She's walking on air
C(add9) C
She's falling, she's falling
C(add9) C
She's not even there
Song History
Published: January 23, 2026
Last Updated: January 23, 2026