Fancy chords by Reba McEntire
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Intro 1
(E major) (G major) (A major) (E major)
Verse 1
Well, I re (E major) member it all very well, lookin' back
It was the (D major) summer I turned eighteen
We (A major) lived in a one room, rundown shack
On the (C major) outskirts of New Orleans
We (E major) didn't have money for food or rent
To say the (D major) least, we were hard pressed
Then (A major) mama spent every last penny we had
To buy (C major) me a dancin' dress
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Pre-chorus 1
My mama (E major) washed and combed
and curled my hair
And then she (A major) painted my eyes and lips (E major) (lips)
Then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress
that had a (A major) split from the side
clean up (E major) to my hip
It was red velvet trim (A major) and it fit me good (E major)
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman
where a (A major) half grown kid had (E major) stood
Chorus 1
She said, (C major) "Here's your one chance, Fancy, (D major)
don't let me down" (E major)
She said, (G major) "Here's your one chance, Fancy, (A major)
don't let me down" (E major) (E major)
Verse 2
Mama (E major) dabbed a little bit
of perfume on my neck (D major)
Then she kissed my cheek
And then I (A major) saw the tears wellin' up
in her troubled eyes (C major)
As she started to speak
She (E major) looked at our pitiful shack
And then she looked at me (D major)
and took a ragged breath
She said, "Your (A major) pa's runned off
and I'm real sick
And the baby's (C major) gonna starve to death"
She (E major) handed me a heart shaped locket
that said "To thine (D major) own self be true"
And I (A major) shivered as I watched a roach crawl
across the toe (C major) of my high heel shoe
It (E major) sounded like somebody else it was talkin',
askin' (G sharp major) "Mama, what do I do?" (C sharp minor)
She said, (A major) "Just be nice
to the gentlemen, Fancy
They'll (B major) be nice to you" (E major)
Chorus 2
Then she said (C major) "Here's your one chance,
Fancy, (D major) don't let me down (E major)
(G major) Here's your one chance, Fancy, (A major)
don't let me down (E major)
Lord, for (G major) give me for what I do (A major)
But if (C major) you want out, well, it's (D major) up to you
Now don't (C major) let me down now
Your (B major) mama's gonna move you up (E major) town" (E major)
Verse 3
Well, (E major) that was the last time I saw my ma
The night I (D major) left that rickety shack
The (A major) welfare people came and took the baby
Mama (C major) died and I ain't been back
But the (E major) wheels of fate had started to turn
And for (D major) me there was no way out
It (A major) wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
What my (C major) mama been talkin' about
I (E major) knew what I had to do
when I made my (D major) self this solemn vow
That (A major) I's gonna be a lady someday
Though I (C major) didn't know when or how
But I (E major) couldn't see spending the rest of my life
With my (G sharp major) head hung down in (C sharp minor) shame
You know I (A major) might have been born
just plain white trash
But (B major) Fancy was my (E major) name
Chorus 3
She said, (C major) "Here's your one chance, Fancy, (D major)
don't let me down" (E major)
She said, (G major) "Here's your one chance, Fancy, (A major)
don't let (E major) me down" (E major)
Verse 4
It (E major) wasn't long after a benevolent man
Took me in off the streets
One week later, I was pourin' his tea
In a five room hotel suite (yes she was)
I (E major) charmed a king, a congressman
And an occasional aristocrat
And then I got me a Georgia mansion
And an elegant New York townhouse flat
Interlude 1
And I ain't done
(E major) (bad) (she ain't done bad) (G major) (A major) (E major)
Pre-chorus 2
Now (E major) in this world,
there's a lot of self-righteous (A major) hypocrites
that'd call me bad (E major) (bad)
And criticize mama for turning me out
No (A major) matter how little we had (E major)
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
For nigh (G sharp major) on fifteen (C sharp minor) years
Well, I can (A major) still hear the desperation
In my poor mama's (B major) voice ringin' in my (E major) ears
Chorus 4
(C major) "Here's your one chance, Fancy, (D major)
don't let me down (E major)
Oh, (G major) here's your one chance, Fancy, (A major)
don't let me down (E major)
Lord, for (G major) give me for what I do (A major)
But if (C major) you want out, well, it's (D major) up to you
Now don't (C major) let me down, hon
Your (B major) mama's gonna move you up (E major) town" (E major)
Outro 1
Oh and I guess she did
(E major) (G major) (A major) (E major)
[Repeat and fade]
Fancy
Reba McEntire
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