Key: B major
Intro 1
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B
Db
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Verse 1
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Well, I remember it all very well, lookin' back
Pre-chorus 1
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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It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman
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Ab
where a half grown kid had stood
Chorus 1
E
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She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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Db
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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don't let me down"
Verse 2
Then she kissed my cheek
As she started to speak
and took a ragged breath
and I'm real sick
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And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl
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It sounded like somebody else it was talkin',
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Fm
askin' "Mama, what do I do?"
to the gentlemen, Fancy
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They'll be nice to you"
Chorus 2
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Fancy, don't let me down
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Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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Lord, forgive me for what I do
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Gb
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
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Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
Verse 3
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The welfare people came and took the baby
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But the wheels of fate had started to turn
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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
just plain white trash
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But Fancy was my name
Chorus 3
E
Gb
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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Db
She said, "Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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Ab
don't let me down"
Verse 4
Took me in off the streets
One week later, I was pourin' his tea
In a five room hotel suite (yes she was)
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
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(bad) (she ain't done bad)
Pre-chorus 2
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there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites
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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In my poor mama's voice ringin' in my ears
Chorus 4
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Gb
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
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Db
Oh, here's your one chance, Fancy,
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Lord, forgive me for what I do
E
Gb
But if you want out, well, it's up to you
Eb
Ab
Ab
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
Outro 1
Oh and I guess she did
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[Repeat and fade]
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