Fancy chords by
Reba Mcentire
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Key: B major

Intro 1

Bb

Db

Eb

Bb

Verse 1
Bb Bb 
 
Well, I remember it all very well, lookin' back
Ab Ab 
 
It was the summer I turned eighteen
Eb Eb 
 
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
Gb Gb 
 
On the outskirts of New Orleans
Bb Bb 
 
We didn't have money for food or rent
Ab Ab 
 
To say the least, we were hard pressed
Eb Eb 
 
Then mama spent every last penny we had
Gb Gb 
 
To buy me  a dancin' dress

Pre-chorus 1
Bb Bb 
 
My mama washed and combed
and curled my hair
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And then she painted my eyes and lips (lips)
Then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress
Eb Eb 
 
that had a split from the side
Bb Bb 
 
clean up  to my hip
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
where a half grown kid had stood

Chorus 1

Gb

Ab

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

Bb

don't let me down"

Db

Eb

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

Bb

Bb

don't let me down"

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
 
Mama dabbed a little bit
Ab Ab 
 
of perfume on my neck
Then she kissed my cheek
Eb Eb 
 
And then I saw the tears wellin' up
Gb Gb 
 
in her troubled eyes
As she started to speak
Bb Bb 
 
She looked at our pitiful shack
Ab Ab 
 
And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
Eb Eb 
 
She said, "Your pa's runned off
and I'm real sick
Gb Gb 
 
And the baby's gonna starve to death"
Bb Bb 
 
She handed me a heart shaped locket
Ab Ab 
 
that said "To thine own self be true"
Eb Eb 
 
And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl
Gb Gb 
 
across the toe of my high heel shoe
Bb Bb 
 
It sounded like somebody else it was talkin',
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
askin' "Mama, what do I do?"
Eb Eb 
 
She said, "Just be nice
to the gentlemen, Fancy
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
They'll be nice to you"

Chorus 2
Gb Gb 
 
Then she said "Here's your one chance,
Ab Ab 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Fancy, don't let me down
Db Db 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Here's your one chance, Fancy,
Bb Bb 
 
don't let me down
Db Db 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Lord, forgive me for what I do
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
But if you want out, well, it's up  to you
Gb Gb 
 
Now don't let me down now
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"

Verse 3
Bb Bb 
 
Well, that was the last time I saw my ma
Ab Ab 
 
The night I left that rickety shack
Eb Eb 
 
The welfare people came and took the baby
Gb Gb 
 
Mama died and I ain't been back
Bb Bb 
 
But the wheels of fate had started to turn
Ab Ab 
 
And for me  there was no way out
Eb Eb 
 
It wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
Gb Gb 
 
What my mama been talkin' about
Bb Bb 
 
I knew what I had to do
Ab Ab 
 
when I made myself this solemn vow
Eb Eb 
 
That I's gonna be a lady someday
Gb Gb 
 
Though I didn't know when or how
Bb Bb 
 
But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
With my head hung down in shame
Eb Eb 
 
You know I might have been born
just plain white trash
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
But Fancy was my name

Chorus 3

Gb

Ab

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

Bb

don't let me down"

Db

Eb

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

Bb

Bb

don't let me down"

Verse 4
Bb Bb 
 
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)
Bb Bb 
 
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

Bb

Db

Eb

Bb

(bad) (she ain't done bad)

Pre-chorus 2
Bb Bb 
 
Now in  this world,
Eb Eb 
 
there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites
Bb Bb 
 
that'd call me bad (bad)
And criticize mama for turning me out
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
No matter how little we had
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
For nigh on fifteen years
Eb Eb 
 
Well, I can still hear the desperation
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
In my poor mama's voice ringin' in my ears

Chorus 4
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
Bb Bb 
 
don't let me down
Db Db 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Oh, here's your one chance, Fancy,
Bb Bb 
 
don't let me down
Db Db 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Lord, forgive me for what I do
Gb Gb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
But if you want out, well, it's up  to you
Gb Gb 
 
Now don't let me down, hon
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Your mama's gonna move you uptown"

Outro 1

Oh and I guess she did

Bb

Db

Eb

Bb

[Repeat and fade]

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