Tonart: B major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, I remember it all very well, lookin' back
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It was the summer I turned eighteen
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We lived in a one room, rundown shack
D
On the outskirts of New Orleans
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We didn't have money for food or rent
E
To say the least, we were hard pressed
B
Then mama spent every last penny we had
D
To buy me a dancin' dress
Pre-chorus 1
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My mama washed and combed
and curled my hair
B
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And then she painted my eyes and lips (lips)
Then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress
B
that had a split from the side
B
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It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman
B
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where a half grown kid had stood
Chorus 1
D
E
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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B
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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F#
don't let me down"
Verse 2
F#
Mama dabbed a little bit
Then she kissed my cheek
B
And then I saw the tears wellin' up
As she started to speak
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She looked at our pitiful shack
E
And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
B
She said, "Your pa's runned off
and I'm real sick
D
And the baby's gonna starve to death"
F#
She handed me a heart shaped locket
E
that said "To thine own self be true"
B
And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl
D
across the toe of my high heel shoe
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It sounded like somebody else it was talkin',
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D#m
askin' "Mama, what do I do?"
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She said, "Just be nice
to the gentlemen, Fancy
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F#
They'll be nice to you"
Chorus 2
D
Then she said "Here's your one chance,
E
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Fancy, don't let me down
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B
Here's your one chance, Fancy,
A
B
Lord, forgive me for what I do
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E
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
D
Now don't let me down now
C#
F#
F#
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
Verse 3
F#
Well, that was the last time I saw my ma
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
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But the wheels of fate had started to turn
E
And for me there was no way out
B
It wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
D
What my mama been talkin' about
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I knew what I had to do
E
when I made myself this solemn vow
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That I's gonna be a lady someday
D
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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D#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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F#
But Fancy was my name
Chorus 3
D
E
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
A
B
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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F#
don't let me down"
Verse 4
F#
It wasn't long after a benevolent man
Took me in off the streets
One week later, I was pourin' his tea
In a five room hotel suite (yes she was)
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I charmed a king, a congressman
And an occasional aristocrat
And then I got me a Georgia mansion
And an elegant New York townhouse flat
Interlude 1
And I ain't done
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A
B
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(bad) (she ain't done bad)
Pre-chorus 2
B
there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites
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that'd call me bad (bad)
And criticize mama for turning me out
B
F#
No matter how little we had
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
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D#m
For nigh on fifteen years
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Well, I can still hear the desperation
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F#
In my poor mama's voice ringin' in my ears
Chorus 4
D
E
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
A
B
Oh, here's your one chance, Fancy,
A
B
Lord, forgive me for what I do
D
E
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
D
Now don't let me down, hon
C#
F#
F#
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
Outro 1
Oh and I guess she did
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[Repeat and fade]
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