Tonart: F minor
Verse 1
Am
Cm
Am
Dm
Am
I remember
it
all very well lookin' back
Bm
G
It was the summer I turned eighteen
D
Dm
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
F
On the outskirts of New
Am
Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
Bm
G
To say the least we were hard pressed
last penny we had
Dm
F
To buy me a dancin' dress
Verse 2
and curled my hair
D
And she painted my eyes
A
Am
and lips then I stepped into
A
A satin dancin' dress that had a
D
A
split on the side clean up
D
It was red velvet trim and it
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
A
There stood a wo man where a
D
Am
half grown kid had stood
Verse 3
F
She said here's your one chance
G
Am
Fancy don't let me down
C
D
Here's your one chance Fancy
Am
A
Am
don't let me down
Verse 4
Am
Mama dabbled a little bit
And she kissed my cheek
D
Then I saw the tears wellin' up
When she started to speak
Am
She looked at a pitiful shack
G
And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
D
She said your Pa's run off and
I'm real sick
F
And the baby's gonna starve to death
Verse 5
Am
She handed me a heart shaped
G
"To thine own self be true"
D
And I shivered as I watched
a roach crawl across
F
The toe of my high heeled shoe
Am
It sounded like somebody
else that was talkin'
C#
F#m
Askin' Mama what do I do
D
She said be nice to the gentlemen Fancy
E
And they'll be nice to you
F
G
She said here's your one chance Fancy
Am
Asus4
Am
don't let me down
C
D
Here's your one chance Fancy
A
Am
don't let me down
C
D
Lord forgive me for what I do,
F
E
Now don't let me down you better
A
Am
start movin' up town
Verse 6
A
Am
A
Am
Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma
A
G
The night I left that rickety shack
D
The welfare people came
and took the baby
F
Mama died and I ain't been back
Verse 7
Am
But the wheels of fate had
started to turn
G
And for me there was no way out
D
And it wasn't very long 'till I knew exactly
G
F
What my Mama'd been talkin' about
Verse 8
Am
I knew what I had to do but I made
D
That I's gonna be a lady someday
F
Though I didn't know when or how
Am
A
I couldn't see spending
the rest of my life
C#
F#m
With my head hung down in shame you know
just plain white trash
E
F
But Fancy was my name
Verse 9
F
G
Here's your one chance Fancy
D
Am
Fancy don't let me down
Verse 10
Bb
F
It wasn't long after that benevolent man
C#
F
Took me off the street
Ab
F
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
Bb
In a five room hotel suite
Verse 11
a king, congressman
Bb
And an occasional aristocrat
F
G#
Db
F
Then I got me a Georgia mansion
Db
In an elegant New York townhouse flat
Bbm
And I ain't done bad
Db
Eb
Verse 12
Bbm
Bb
Now in this world there's a lot
Eb
of self- righteous hypocrites
Bbm
That would call me bad
Bb
And criticize Mama for turning me out
Eb
Bb
No matter how little we had
Verse 13
Bb
But though I ain't had to worry
'bout nothin'
D
Gm
For nigh on fifteen years
Eb
I can still hear the desperation
in my poor
F
Mama's voice ringin' in my ear
Verse 14
Gb
Ab
here's your one chance Fancy
Bb
Bbm
don't let me down
Db
Eb
Here's your one chance Fancy
Bbm
Db
Eb
Lord, for give me for what I do
Gb
But if you want out well
Gb
Now don't let me down
F
Bb
You Mama's gonna help you uptown
Bbsus4
I
Verse 15
Bbm
Eb
did
Bb
Bbm
Bb
Verse 16
Gb
And you pay your Mama good mind
Bb
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