Fancy Akkorde von
Reba Mcentire (Offizielle Version)
Tonart: B majorSchwierigkeit: Mittel
Intro 1
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Bb
C
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Verse 1
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Well, I remember it all very well, lookin' back
F
It was the summer I turned eighteen
C
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
Eb
On the outskirts of New Orleans
G
We didn't have money for food or rent
F
To say the least, we were hard pressed
C
Then mama spent every last penny we had
Eb
To buy me a dancin' dress
Pre-chorus 1
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My mama washed and combed
and curled my hair
C
G
And then she painted my eyes and lips (lips)
Then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress
C
that had a split from the side
G
clean up to my hip
C
G
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman
C
G
where a half grown kid had stood
Chorus 1
Eb
F
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
G
don't let me down"
Bb
C
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
G
G
don't let me down"
Verse 2
G
Mama dabbed a little bit
F
of perfume on my neck
Then she kissed my cheek
C/E
And then I saw the tears wellin' up
Eb
in her troubled eyes
As she started to speak
G
She looked at our pitiful shack
F
And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
C/E
She said, "Your pa's runned off
and I'm real sick
Eb
And the baby's gonna starve to death"
G
She handed me a heart shaped locket
F
that said "To thine own self be true"
C/E
And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl
Eb
across the toe of my high heel shoe
G
It sounded like somebody else it was talkin',
B
Em
askin' "Mama, what do I do?"
C
She said, "Just be nice
to the gentlemen, Fancy
D
G
They'll be nice to you"
Chorus 2
Eb
Then she said "Here's your one chance,
F
G
Fancy, don't let me down
Bb
C
Here's your one chance, Fancy,
G
don't let me down
Bb
C
Lord, forgive me for what I do
Eb
F
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
Eb
Now don't let me down now
D7
G
G
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
Verse 3
G
Well, that was the last time I saw my ma
F
The night I left that rickety shack
C/E
The welfare people came and took the baby
Eb
Mama died and I ain't been back
G
But the wheels of fate had started to turn
F
And for me there was no way out
C/E
It wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
Eb
What my mama been talkin' about
G
I knew what I had to do
F
when I made myself this solemn vow
C/E
That I's gonna be a lady someday
Eb
Though I didn't know when or how
G
But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
B
Em
With my head hung down in shame
C
You know I might have been born
just plain white trash
D
G
But Fancy was my name
Chorus 3
Eb
F
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
G
don't let me down"
Bb
C
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
G
G
don't let me down"
Verse 4
G
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)
G
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
G
Bb
C7
G
(bad) (she ain't done bad)
Pre-chorus 2
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Now in this world,
C7
there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites
G
that'd call me bad (bad)
And criticize mama for turning me out
C7
G
No matter how little we had
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
B
Em
For nigh on fifteen years
C
Well, I can still hear the desperation
D
G
In my poor mama's voice ringin' in my ears
Chorus 4
Eb
F
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
G
don't let me down
Bb
C
Oh, here's your one chance, Fancy,
G
don't let me down
Bb
C
Lord, forgive me for what I do
Eb
F
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
Eb
Now don't let me down, hon
D7
G
G
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
Outro 1
Oh and I guess she did
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Bb
C7
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[Repeat and fade]
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