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Verse 1
(G major) I remember it all very well,
looking back it was the (F major) summer I turned 18
We (C major) lived in a one -room run
-down shack
on the (E flat major) outskirts of New Orleans
We (G major) didn't have money for food or rent,
to say (F major) the least we were hard -pressed
Then Mama (C major) spent every last penny
we had to (E flat major) buy me a dancing dress
Mama (G major) washed it,
combed and curled my hair,
and (C major) she painted my eyes and (G major) lips
Then I stepped into my satin dancing dress,
it was (C major) spit on the side, clean up (G major) to my hips
It was red velvet trim
(C major) and it fitted me good (G major)
And staring back from the looking glass
was a woman wearing half (C major)
-grown kid hats (G major)
Here's (E flat major) your one chance, (F major) fancy,
don't let me down (G major) (B flat major) (C major) (G major)
But forgive (B flat major) me for what I do
(C major) But if you (E flat major) want out, well, it's (F major) up to you
Well, (E flat major) don't let me down,
your mama (D major) gonna help you
move uptown (G major)
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume
on my neck (F major)
and she kissed my cheek
Then I (C major) saw the tears well up
in her troubled eyes
(E flat major) when she started to speak
She (G major) looked at our pitiful shack
and then she looked at me
(F major) and took a ragged breath
Your (C major) paws run off and I'm real sick
and the (E flat major) baby's gonna starve to death
She (G major) handed me a heart -shaped blocket
that said, To (F major) thine own self be true
And (C major) shivered as she watched a roach crawl
across the toe (E flat major) of my high -heeled shoe
It (G major) sounded like somebody else
that was talking, asking,
(B major) Mama, what can I (E minor) do?
Just (C major) be nice to the gentleman fancy
And (D major) they'll be nice to you (G major)
Here's (E flat major) your one chance, (F major) fancy,
don't let me down (G major)
Here's (B flat major) your one chance, (C major) fancy,
don't let me (G major) down (G minor)
Lord, (G major) for (B flat major) give me for what I do
(C major) But if (E flat major) you own up, it's (F major) up to you now
Get (E flat major) on up, baby,
(D major) mama's gonna move you up (G major) town
Girl, that was the last time I saw my mama
The (F major) night I left the rickety shack
Cause the (C major) welfare people
came and took my baby
Mama died (E flat major) and I ain't been back
But the (G major) wheels of fate have
started to turn
(G minor) For (F major) me there was no way out
And it (C major) wasn't very long
till I knew exactly
What (E flat major) my mama's been talking about
I (G major) did what I had to do
But to myself (F major) I made a solemn vow
That I (C major) was gonna be
a lady someday
Though (E flat major) I didn't know when or how
I (G major) couldn't stay spending
the rest of my life
With my (B major) head hung down in (E minor) shame
I (C major) might have been born
just plain black trash
But (D major) Mansley was my (G major) name
Here's (E flat major) your one chance, (F major) Vance
Don't let me down (G major)
Here's (B flat major) your one chance, (C major) Vance
Don't let me down (G major)
Was (C major) very hung up and never let man
Took me in (B flat major) off the street
(C major) And (F major) one week later I was pouring his (C major) tea
In a five -room hotel suite
(B flat major) I charmed a (C major) king, a congressman,
and an occasional aristocrat
Then (F major) I (C major) got me a (F major) Georgia mansion
and an elegant New (C major) York (B flat major) townhouse (C major) flat
And I (G major) ain't done that (B flat major) (C major) (G major)
Now in this world
there are a lot of self -righteous hypocrites
(C major) who would call me bad
(G major) And criticize my mom
for turning me out
no mat (C major) ter how good I was
(G major) And so I ain't have to
worry about nothin'
But (B major) now I'm fifteen years
(E minor) I can (C major) still hear the desperation
(F major) In my poor mama's (D major) voice
ringing in my (C major) ears
(B flat major) Here's (E flat major) your one chance, (F major) Nancy
Don't let me down (G major)
Here's (B flat major) your one chance, (C major) Nancy
Don't let me down (G major)
Will you forgive (B flat major) me for what I do? (C major)
And if (E flat major) you won't now
Will it (F major) suck to you now?
Don't (E flat major) let me down
Your mama (D major) won't let me move up down (G major)
(B flat major)
(C major) (G major) (B flat major)
(C major) (G major) (B flat major)
You
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Fancy
Irma Thomas
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