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