Key: Ab major
Verse 1
-down shack
combed and curled my hair,
C
G
and she painted my eyes and lips
Then I stepped into my satin dancing dress,
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G
it was spit on the side, clean up to my hips
It was red velvet trim
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G
and it fitted me good
And staring back from the looking glass
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F
Here's your one chance, fancy,
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Bb
C
G
don't let me down
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Eb
F
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume
and she kissed my cheek
in her troubled eyes
and then she looked at me
that was talking, asking,
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Em
Mama, what can I do?
D
G
And they'll be nice to you
Eb
F
Here's your one chance, fancy,
Bb
C
Here's your one chance, fancy,
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Gm
don't let me down
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Bb
Lord, forgive me for what I do
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Eb
F
But if you own up, it's up to you now
D
G
mama's gonna move you uptown
Girl, that was the last time I saw my mama
came and took my baby
started to turn
Gm
F
For me there was no way out
till I knew exactly
a lady someday
the rest of my life
B
Em
With my head hung down in shame
just plain black trash
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G
But Mansley was my name
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F
Here's your one chance, Vance
Bb
C
Here's your one chance, Vance
C
F
C
And one week later I was pouring his tea
In a five -room hotel suite
Bb
C
I charmed a king, a congressman,
and an occasional aristocrat
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C
F
Then I got me a Georgia mansion
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Bb
C
and an elegant New York townhouse flat
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Bb
C
G
And I ain't done that
Now in this world
there are a lot of self -righteous hypocrites
for turning me out
worry about nothin'
Em
C
I can still hear the desperation
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D
In my poor mama's voice
Bb
Eb
F
Here's your one chance, Nancy
Bb
C
Here's your one chance, Nancy
Bb
C
Will you forgive me for what I do?
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G
Your mama won't let me move up down
Bb
C
G
Bb
C
G
Bb
You
C
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ChordsG F C Eb Bb...
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