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Katie Melua
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Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I remember

it all very well lookin' back
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It was the summer that I turned eighteen
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We lived in a one- room,

run down shack
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On the outskirts of New Orleans
Verse 2
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We didn't have money for food or rent
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To say the least we were hard- pressed
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When Momma spent every

last penny we had
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To buy me a dancin' dress
Verse 3
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Momma washed and combed

and curled my hair,
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Then she painted my eyes and lips

And I stepped into the satin

dancin' dress
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G

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It had a split in the side
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clean up to my hips
Verse 4
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It was red, velvet- trimmed,
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to fit me good

And standin' back from

the lookin' glass

Was a woman
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D
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Where a half grown kid had stood
Verse 5
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C
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"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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don't let me down!
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Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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don't let me down.
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Lord forgive me for what I do,
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C
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But if you want out then it's up to you
Bb
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Don't let me down your momma's
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gonna help you move uptown"
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Verse 6


Momma dabbed a bit of perfume
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On my neck and she kissed my cheek
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And I saw the tears well up
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In her troubled eyes

when she started to speak
Verse 7
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She looked at our pitiful shack and then
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She looked at me and took

a ragged breath
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Your Pa's run off, and I'm real sick
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And the baby's gonna starve to death
Verse 8
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She handed me a heart- shaped

locket that said
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"To thine own self be true"
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And I shivered as I watched

a roach crawl across
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The toe of my high- heal shoe
Verse 9
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It sounded like somebody

else who was talkin'
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Bm
Bm
2

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Askin', "Momma what do I do?"
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G

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Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy
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D
D

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And they'll be nice to you"
Verse 10
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C
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"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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don't let me down!
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Here's your one chance,
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Fancy, don't let me down
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Lord forgive me for what I do,
Bb
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But if you want out then it's up to you
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Don't let me down,
Am
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Your momma's gonna help

you move uptown"
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Verse 11


Well that was the last time

I saw my momma
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The night I left that rickety shack
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Cos welfare people came

and took the baby
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Momma died and I ain't been back
Verse 12
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But the wheels of fate

had started to turn
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And for me there was no other way out
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And it wasn't very long

till I knew exactly
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What my ma had been talkin' 'bout
Verse 13
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I did what I had to do
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But I made myself a solemn vow
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That I was gonna to be

a lady someday
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Though I don't know when or how
Verse 14
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I couldn't see spendin'

the rest of my life
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F#
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Bm
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With my head hung down in shame
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I might have been born

just plain white trash
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D
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But Fancy was my name
Verse 15
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C
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"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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don't let me down!
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Here's your one chance,

Fancy, don't let me down.
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Verse 16


It wasn't very long a benevolent man
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Took me in off the street
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And one week later I was pourin' his tea
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In a five roomed hotel suite.
Bm
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Well I've charmed
Verse 17
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a king,
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a congressman
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C
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And an oc casional aristocrat

And I've got me a Georgia mansion
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And an elegant New York townhouse flat.
Interlude 1

Now I ain't done bad
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Verse 18
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Now in this world there's

a lot of self- righteous
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Hypocrites who call me bad
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And criticize Momma for turning me out
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No matter how little we had
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And
Verse 19

though I hadn't had

to worry about nothin'
F#
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For nigh on fifteen years
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I can still hear the desperation
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In my poor mommas voice
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ringin' in my ears
Verse 20
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"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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don't let me down!
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Here's your one chance,
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Fancy, don't let me down
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Lord forgive me for what I do,
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But if you want out then it's up to you
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Don't let me down,
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Asus4
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Your momma's gonna help you move up town"
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Bb

  • F

  • Am

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • A

  • E

  • Asus4

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Fancy by Katie Melua is F major.

The primary chords used in Fancy are F, Bb, Eb, Db, Ab, Cm.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like F, Bb, Eb, Db, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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