Fancy chords by
Reba Mcentire
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Key: B major

Intro 1

Eb

Gb

Ab

Eb

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

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

Chorus 1

B

Db

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

Eb

don't let me down"

Gb

Ab

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

Eb

Eb

don't let me down"

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

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

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

Chorus 3

B

Db

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

Eb

don't let me down"

Gb

Ab

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

Eb

Eb

don't let me down"

Verse 4
Eb Eb 
 
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)
Eb Eb 
 
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

Eb

Gb

Ab

Eb

(bad) (she ain't done bad)

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

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

Outro 1

Oh and I guess she did

Eb

Gb

Ab

Eb

[Repeat and fade]

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