Fancy chords by
Reba Mcentire
Reba Mcentire
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Key: B major
Intro 1
C
C

Eb
Eb

F
F

C
C

Verse 1
C
C

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

It was the summer I turned eighteen
F
F

We lived in a one room, rundown shack
Ab
Ab

On the outskirts of New Orleans
C
C

We didn't have money for food or rent
Bb
Bb

To say the least, we were hard pressed
F
F

Then mama spent every last penny we had
Ab
Ab

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

My mama washed and combed
and curled my hair
F
F

C
C

And then she painted my eyes and lips (lips)
Then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress
F
F

that had a split from the side
C
C

clean up to my hip
F
F

C
C

It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman
F
F

C
C

where a half grown kid had stood
Chorus 1
Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

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

don't let me down"
Eb
Eb

F
F

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

C
C

don't let me down"
Verse 2
C
C

Mama dabbed a little bit
Bb
Bb

of perfume on my neck
Then she kissed my cheek
F
F

And then I saw the tears wellin' up
Ab
Ab

in her troubled eyes
As she started to speak
C
C

She looked at our pitiful shack
Bb
Bb

And then she looked at me
and took a ragged breath
F
F

She said, "Your pa's runned off
and I'm real sick
Ab
Ab

And the baby's gonna starve to death"
C
C

She handed me a heart shaped locket
Bb
Bb

that said "To thine own self be true"
F
F

And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl
Ab
Ab

across the toe of my high heel shoe
C
C

It sounded like somebody else it was talkin',
E
E

Am
Am

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

She said, "Just be nice
to the gentlemen, Fancy
G
G

C
C

They'll be nice to you"
Chorus 2
Ab
Ab

Then she said "Here's your one chance,
Bb
Bb

C
C

Fancy, don't let me down
Eb
Eb

F
F

Here's your one chance, Fancy,
C
C

don't let me down
Eb
Eb

F
F

Lord, forgive me for what I do
Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

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

Now don't let me down now
G
G

C
C

C
C

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

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

The night I left that rickety shack
F
F

The welfare people came and took the baby
Ab
Ab

Mama died and I ain't been back
C
C

But the wheels of fate had started to turn
Bb
Bb

And for me there was no way out
F
F

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

What my mama been talkin' about
C
C

I knew what I had to do
Bb
Bb

when I made myself this solemn vow
F
F

That I's gonna be a lady someday
Ab
Ab

Though I didn't know when or how
C
C

But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
E
E

Am
Am

With my head hung down in shame
F
F

You know I might have been born
just plain white trash
G
G

C
C

But Fancy was my name
Chorus 3
Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

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

don't let me down"
Eb
Eb

F
F

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

C
C

don't let me down"
Verse 4
C
C

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)
C
C

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
C
C

Eb
Eb

F
F

C
C

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

Now in this world,
F
F

there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites
C
C

that'd call me bad (bad)
And criticize mama for turning me out
F
F

C
C

No matter how little we had
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
E
E

Am
Am

For nigh on fifteen years
F
F

Well, I can still hear the desperation
G
G

C
C

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

Bb
Bb

"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
C
C

don't let me down
Eb
Eb

F
F

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

don't let me down
Eb
Eb

F
F

Lord, forgive me for what I do
Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

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

Now don't let me down, hon
G
G

C
C

C
C

Your mama's gonna move you uptown"
Outro 1
Oh and I guess she did
C
C

Eb
Eb

F
F

C
C

[Repeat and fade]

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