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