Tonalité : F minor
Verse 1
Em
Gm
Em
Am
Em
I remember
it
all very well lookin' back
F#m
D
It was the summer I turned eighteen
A
Am
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
C
On the outskirts of New
Em
Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
F#m
D
To say the least we were hard pressed
A
Then Mama spent every
last penny we had
Am
C
To buy me a dancin' dress
Verse 2
E
washed and combed
and curled my hair
A
And she painted my eyes
E
Em
and lips then I stepped into
E
A satin dancin' dress that had a
A
E
split on the side clean up
Em
to my hip
A
It was red velvet trim and it
Em
fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
E
There stood a wo man where a
A
Em
half grown kid had stood
Verse 3
C
She said here's your one chance
D
Em
Fancy don't let me down
G
A
Here's your one chance Fancy
Em
E
Em
don't let me down
Verse 4
Em
Mama dabbled a little bit
D
of perfume on my neck
And she kissed my cheek
A
Then I saw the tears wellin' up
C
in her troubled eyes
When she started to speak
Em
She looked at a pitiful shack
D
And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
A
She said your Pa's run off and
I'm real sick
C
And the baby's gonna starve to death
Verse 5
Em
She handed me a heart shaped
E
locket that said
D
"To thine own self be true"
A
And I shivered as I watched
a roach crawl across
C
The toe of my high heeled shoe
Em
It sounded like somebody
else that was talkin'
G#
C#m
Askin' Mama what do I do
A
She said be nice to the gentlemen Fancy
B
And they'll be nice to you
C
D
She said here's your one chance Fancy
Em
Esus4
Em
don't let me down
G
A
Here's your one chance Fancy
E
Em
don't let me down
G
A
Lord forgive me for what I do,
C
but if you want out
D
Well it's up to you
C
B
Now don't let me down you better
E
Em
start movin' up town
Verse 6
E
Em
E
Em
Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma
E
D
The night I left that rickety shack
A
The welfare people came
and took the baby
C
Mama died and I ain't been back
Verse 7
Em
But the wheels of fate had
started to turn
D
And for me there was no way out
A
And it wasn't very long 'till I knew exactly
D
C
What my Mama'd been talkin' about
Verse 8
Em
I knew what I had to do but I made
D
myself this solemn vow
A
That I's gonna be a lady someday
C
Though I didn't know when or how
Em
E
I couldn't see spending
the rest of my life
G#
C#m
With my head hung down in shame you know
A
I might have been born
just plain white trash
B
C
But Fancy was my name
Verse 9
C
D
Here's your one chance Fancy
Em
don't let me down
G
Here's your one chance
A
Em
Fancy don't let me down
Verse 10
F
C
It wasn't long after that benevolent man
G#
C
Took me off the street
Eb
C
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
F
In a five room hotel suite
C
I charmed
Verse 11
a king, congressman
F
And an occasional aristocrat
C
D#
Ab
C
Then I got me a Georgia mansion
Ab
In an elegant New York townhouse flat
Fm
And I ain't done bad
Ab
Bb
Verse 12
Fm
F
Now in this world there's a lot
Bb
of self- righteous hypocrites
Fm
That would call me bad
F
And criticize Mama for turning me out
Bb
F
No matter how little we had
Verse 13
F
But though I ain't had to worry
'bout nothin'
A
Dm
For nigh on fifteen years
Bb
I can still hear the desperation
in my poor
C
Mama's voice ringin' in my ear
Ab
She said,
Verse 14
Db
Eb
here's your one chance Fancy
F
Fm
don't let me down
Ab
Bb
Here's your one chance Fancy
F
don't let me down
Fm
Ab
Bb
Lord, for give me for what I do
Db
But if you want out well
Eb
it's up to you
Db
Now don't let me down
C
F
You Mama's gonna help you uptown
Fsus4
I
Verse 15
F
guess she
Fm
Bb
did
F
Fm
F
Verse 16
Bb
So listen to Fancy
Db
And you pay your Mama good mind
F
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