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