Tom: F minor
Verse 1
Cm
Ebm
Cm
Fm
Cm
I remember
it
all very well lookin' back
Dm
Bb
It was the summer I turned eighteen
F
Fm
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
Ab
On the outskirts of New
Cm
Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
Dm
Bb
To say the least we were hard pressed
last penny we had
Fm
Ab
To buy me a dancin' dress
Verse 2
and curled my hair
C
Cm
and lips then I stepped into
C
A satin dancin' dress that had a
F
C
split on the side clean up
F
It was red velvet trim and it
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
C
There stood a wo man where a
F
Cm
half grown kid had stood
Verse 3
Ab
She said here's your one chance
Bb
Cm
Fancy don't let me down
Eb
F
Here's your one chance Fancy
Cm
C
Cm
don't let me down
Verse 4
Cm
Mama dabbled a little bit
And she kissed my cheek
F
Then I saw the tears wellin' up
When she started to speak
Cm
She looked at a pitiful shack
Bb
And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
F
She said your Pa's run off and
I'm real sick
Ab
And the baby's gonna starve to death
Verse 5
Cm
She handed me a heart shaped
Bb
"To thine own self be true"
F
And I shivered as I watched
a roach crawl across
Ab
The toe of my high heeled shoe
Cm
It sounded like somebody
else that was talkin'
E
Am
Askin' Mama what do I do
F
She said be nice to the gentlemen Fancy
G
And they'll be nice to you
Ab
Bb
She said here's your one chance Fancy
Cm
Csus4
Cm
don't let me down
Eb
F
Here's your one chance Fancy
C
Cm
don't let me down
Eb
F
Lord forgive me for what I do,
Ab
G
Now don't let me down you better
C
Cm
start movin' up town
Verse 6
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Cm
C
Cm
Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma
C
Bb
The night I left that rickety shack
and took the baby
Ab
Mama died and I ain't been back
Verse 7
Cm
But the wheels of fate had
started to turn
Bb
And for me there was no way out
F
And it wasn't very long 'till I knew exactly
Bb
Ab
What my Mama'd been talkin' about
Verse 8
Cm
I knew what I had to do but I made
Bb
myself this solemn vow
F
That I's gonna be a lady someday
Ab
Though I didn't know when or how
Cm
C
I couldn't see spending
the rest of my life
E
Am
With my head hung down in shame you know
just plain white trash
G
Ab
But Fancy was my name
Verse 9
Ab
Bb
Here's your one chance Fancy
Eb
Here's your one chance
F
Cm
Fancy don't let me down
Verse 10
Db
Ab
It wasn't long after that benevolent man
E
Ab
Took me off the street
B
Ab
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
Db
In a five room hotel suite
Verse 11
a king, congressman
Db
And an occasional aristocrat
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B
E
G#
Then I got me a Georgia mansion
E
In an elegant New York townhouse flat
C#m
And I ain't done bad
E
F#
Verse 12
Dbm
Db
Now in this world there's a lot
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of self- righteous hypocrites
C#m
That would call me bad
C#
And criticize Mama for turning me out
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C#
No matter how little we had
Verse 13
C#
But though I ain't had to worry
'bout nothin'
F
A#m
For nigh on fifteen years
F#
I can still hear the desperation
in my poor
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Mama's voice ringin' in my ear
Verse 14
A
B
here's your one chance Fancy
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C#m
don't let me down
E
F#
Here's your one chance Fancy
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E
F#
Lord, for give me for what I do
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C#
You Mama's gonna help you uptown
C#sus4
I
Verse 15
Dbm
Gb
did
C#
Dbm
Db
Verse 16
A
And you pay your Mama good mind
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