Tonart: F# minor
Verse 1
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Em
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I remember
it all very well,
D
looking back was the sum
mer I turned eighteen
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We lived in a one -room
run -down shack
C
on the outskirts of New Orleans
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Em
We didn't have money for food or rent,
D
to say the least we were hard -pressed
A
Then Mama spent every last penny
C
we had to buy me a dancing dress
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Em
Mama washed and combed
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Em
then she painted my eyes and lips
Em
satin dan cing dress,
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A
they had it split to the side,
Em
It was red, fell but trimmed
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E
and it fit me good
Em
Standing back from the looking glass,
there stood a woman
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Em
where a half -grown kid had stood
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She said, here's your one chance
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Em
Fancy, don't let me down
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Oh, here's your one chance
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Em
Fancy, don't let me down
Esus4
Em
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Mama dabbed a little bit
Then she kissed my cheek
A
Then I saw the tears welling up
So she started to speak
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She looked at her pitiful shack
And then she looked at me
D
and took a ragged breath
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She said, pa's run doff and
I'm real sick
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and the baby's gonna starve to death
Em
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She handed me a heart
D
that said, to thine own self be true
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And I shivered as I watched
a roach crawl
C
across the toe of my high -heeled shoe
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E
Em
It sounded like somebody else was talking,
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C#m
asking, Mama, what do I do?
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She said, just be nice to the genuine fancy
B
and they'll be nice to you
C
She said, here's your one chance,
D
Em
Fancy, don't let me down
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Oh, here's your one chance,
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E
Esus4
Fancy, don't let me down
Em
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A
Lord, forgive me for what I do
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D
But if you want out, then it's up to you
C
Now don't let me down, honey,
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mama's gonna move you to
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Em
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Esus4
town
Em
E
That was the last time I saw my mama
Em
D
I left that rickety shack
A
The welfare people came and
took the baby,
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mama died and I ain't been back
Em
E
But the wheels of fate started to turn
D
and for me there was no way out
A
It wasn't very long till I knew exactly
C
what my mama been talking about
Em
I knew what I had to do
D
and I made myself this solemn vow
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I was gonna be a lady someday,
C
though I didn't know when or how
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But I couldn't see spending
the rest of my life
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C#m
with my head hung down in shame
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You know I might have been born
just plain white trash,
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but Fancy wasn't my name
D
Em
Fancy, don't let me down
G
Oh, here's your one chance
A
Fancy, don't let me down
Esus4
Em
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Esus4
Em
E
It wasn't long after a
benevolent man
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took me in off the street
One week later I was pouring his tea
A
in a five -room hotel suite
Em
B
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I charmed a king,
a congressman,
Em
and an occasional aristocrat
And then I got me a Georgia mansion
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Em
and an elegant New York townhouse flat
And I ain't done that
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A
Em
She's not there
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In this world, there's a lot of self -righteous
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Em
Esus4
hy pocrites that call me bad
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Criticize my mother for turning me out,
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no matter how little we had
Em
E
But no,
I ain't had to worry about nothing
G#
C#m
for not all fifteen years
A
I can still hear the desperation
B
in my poor mama's voice
ringing in my ear
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Here's your one -chance fancy,
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Em
don't let me down
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Oh, here's your one -chance fancy,
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Esus4
don't let me down
Em
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A
Lord, forgive me for what I do
C
D
But if you want out, then it's up to you
C
Now don't let me down, honey
B
Em
Mommy's gonna keep you uptown
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A
Em
Oh, I guess she did
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