Fancy

Fancy easy guitar chords by Reba Mcentire

1990Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • E

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • C

  • G#

    4
  • C#m

    4
  • B

    2
  • E

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • C

  • G#

    4
  • C#m

    4
  • B

    2
  • Intro 1
    E
    G
    A
    E

    Verse 1
    E

    Well, I remember it all very well, lookin' back
    D

    It was the summer I turned eighteen
    A

    We lived in a one room, rundown shack
    C

    On the outskirts of New Orleans
    E

    We didn't have money for food or rent
    D

    To say the least, we were hard pressed
    A

    Then mama spent every last penny we had
    C

    To buy me a dancin' dress
    Pre-chorus 1
    E

    My mama washed and combed

    and curled my hair
    A
    E

    And then she painted my eyes and lips (lips)

    Then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress
    A

    that had a split from the side
    E

    clean up to my hip
    A
    E

    It was red velvet trim and it fit me good

    Standin' back from the lookin' glass

    There stood a woman
    A
    E

    where a half grown kid had stood
    Chorus 1
    C
    D

    She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
    E

    don't let me down"
    G
    A

    She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
    E
    E

    don't let me down"
    Verse 2
    E

    Mama dabbed a little bit
    D

    of perfume on my neck

    Then she kissed my cheek
    A

    And then I saw the tears wellin' up
    C

    in her troubled eyes

    As she started to speak
    E

    She looked at our pitiful shack
    D

    And then she looked at me

    and took a ragged breath
    A

    She said, "Your pa's runned off

    and I'm real sick
    C

    And the baby's gonna starve to death"
    E

    She handed me a heart shaped locket
    D

    that said "To thine own self be true"
    A

    And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl
    C

    across the toe of my high heel shoe
    E

    It sounded like somebody else it was talkin',
    G#
    C#m

    askin' "Mama, what do I do?"
    A

    She said, "Just be nice

    to the gentlemen, Fancy
    B
    E

    They'll be nice to you"
    Chorus 2
    C

    Then she said "Here's your one chance,
    D
    E

    Fancy, don't let me down
    G
    A

    Here's your one chance, Fancy,
    E

    don't let me down
    G
    A

    Lord, forgive me for what I do
    C
    D

    But if you want out, well, it's up to you
    C

    Now don't let me down now
    B
    E
    E

    Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
    Verse 3
    E

    Well, that was the last time I saw my ma
    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
    E

    But the wheels of fate had started to turn
    D

    And for me there was no way out
    A

    It wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
    C

    What my mama been talkin' about
    E

    I knew what I had to do
    D

    when I made myself this solemn vow
    A

    That I's gonna be a lady someday
    C

    Though I didn't know when or how
    E

    But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
    G#
    C#m

    With my head hung down in shame
    A

    You know I might have been born

    just plain white trash
    B
    E

    But Fancy was my name
    Chorus 3
    C
    D

    She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
    E

    don't let me down"
    G
    A

    She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
    E
    E

    don't let me down"
    Verse 4
    E

    It 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)
    E

    I 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
    G
    A
    E

    (bad) (she ain't done bad)
    Pre-chorus 2
    E

    Now in this world,
    A

    there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites
    E

    that'd call me bad (bad)

    And criticize mama for turning me out
    A
    E

    No matter how little we had

    But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
    G#
    C#m

    For nigh on fifteen years
    A

    Well, I can still hear the desperation
    B
    E

    In my poor mama's voice ringin' in my ears
    Chorus 4
    C
    D

    "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
    E

    don't let me down
    G
    A

    Oh, here's your one chance, Fancy,
    E

    don't let me down
    G
    A

    Lord, forgive me for what I do
    C
    D

    But if you want out, well, it's up to you
    C

    Now don't let me down, hon
    B
    E
    E

    Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
    Outro 1

    Oh and I guess she did
    E
    G
    A
    E

    [Repeat and fade]

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