Tonart: F minor
Verse 1
F#m
Am
F#m
Bm
F#m
I remember
it
all very well lookin' back
G#m
E
It was the summer I turned eighteen
B
Bm
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
D
On the outskirts of New
F#m
Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
G#m
E
To say the least we were hard pressed
last penny we had
Bm
D
To buy me a dancin' dress
Verse 2
and curled my hair
B
And she painted my eyes
F#
F#m
and lips then I stepped into
F#
A satin dancin' dress that had a
B
F#
split on the side clean up
B
It was red velvet trim and it
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
F#
There stood a wo man where a
B
F#m
half grown kid had stood
Verse 3
D
She said here's your one chance
E
F#m
Fancy don't let me down
A
B
Here's your one chance Fancy
F#m
F#
F#m
don't let me down
Verse 4
F#m
Mama dabbled a little bit
And she kissed my cheek
B
Then I saw the tears wellin' up
When she started to speak
F#m
She looked at a pitiful shack
E
And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
B
She said your Pa's run off and
I'm real sick
D
And the baby's gonna starve to death
Verse 5
F#m
She handed me a heart shaped
E
"To thine own self be true"
B
And I shivered as I watched
a roach crawl across
D
The toe of my high heeled shoe
F#m
It soun ded like somebody
else that was talkin'
A#
D#m
Askin' Mama what do I do
B
She said be nice to the gentlemen Fancy
C#
And they'll be nice to you
D
E
She said here's your one chance Fancy
F#m
F#sus4
F#m
don't let me down
A
B
Here's your one chance Fancy
F#
F#m
don't let me down
A
B
Lord forgive me for what I do,
D
C#
Now don't let me down you better
F#
F#m
start movin' up town
Verse 6
F#
F#m
F#
F#m
Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma
F#
E
The night I left that rickety shack
B
The welfare people came
and took the baby
D
Mama died and I ain't been back
Verse 7
F#m
But the wheels of fate had
started to turn
E
And for me there was no way out
B
And it wasn't very long 'till I knew exactly
E
D
What my Mama'd been talkin' about
Verse 8
F#m
I knew what I had to do but I made
B
That I's gonna be a lady someday
D
Though I didn't know when or how
F#m
F#
I couldn't see spending
the rest of my life
A#
D#m
With my head hung down in shame you know
just plain white trash
C#
D
But Fancy was my name
Verse 9
D
E
Here's your one chance Fancy
F#m
don't let me down
B
F#m
Fancy don't let me down
Verse 10
G
D
It wasn't long after that benevolent man
A#
D
Took me off the street
F
D
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
G
In a five room hotel suite
Verse 11
a king, congressman
G
And an occasional aristocrat
D
E#
Bb
D
Then I got me a Georgia mansion
Bb
In an elegant New York townhouse flat
Gm
And I ain't done bad
Bb
C
Verse 12
Gm
G
Now in this world there's a lot
C
of self- righteous hypocrites
Gm
That would call me bad
G
And criticize Mama for turning me out
C
G
No matter how little we had
Verse 13
G
But though I ain't had to worry
'bout nothin'
B
Em
For nigh on fifteen years
C
I can still hear the desperation
in my poor
D
Mama's voice ringin' in my ear
Verse 14
Eb
F
here's your one chance Fancy
G
Gm
don't let me down
Bb
C
Here's your one chance Fancy
Gm
Bb
C
Lord, for give me for what I do
Eb
But if you want out well
Eb
Now don't let me down
D
G
You Mama's gonna help you uptown
Gsus4
I
Verse 15
Gm
C
did
G
Gm
G
Verse 16
Eb
And you pay your Mama good mind
G
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