The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls Burned Down chords by Hank Thompson
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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major)
(D major) (G major) Now, Miss Nancy ran a boarding house,
with a (C major) faded sign that read (G major)
"Single rooms for single girls,
(A major) no men allowed," it (D major) said
The (E minor) ru mor had it that if a
(C major) gentleman (A minor) was (C major) willing to pay a fee
(D major) He could al (G major) ways go down
to (E minor) Nancy Ann's
For (C major) some feminine com (G major) pany
Verse 2
Now, one night (G major) in June, in the billiard room
I (C major) was chalking up with a friend
(G major) He was set to break when through
the door (A major) old Leo James ran in
(D major) "There,s a fire (E minor) that just
(A major) broke out," he yelled
"And (C major) it's down at Nancy Ann's!"
(D major) So, we (G major) dropped our cue sticks on the (E minor) floor
(C major) an d down the street we (G major) ran
Though (C major) the flames were hot
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Verse 3
and the smoke (D major) was thick
(G major) Not a single life was lost
And the reason (E minor) for the
(A major) blaze was never found (A minor) (D major)
But (C major) it long will be remembered
(D major) in (G major) our local history
As the fire that nearly scandal
(B minor) ized the (C major) town
The night (G major) Miss Nancy Ann's (B minor) hotel (C major) for single
girls (G major) burned down (B minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 4
When we got to the place the front
Was ablaze (C major) and so was the second
(G major) floor
So we crossed the track
and went around in the back
An (A major) d stopped at the alley door
(D major) We was catching (E minor) our breath
(A major) when the door flew open
(C major) An d knocked poor Leo flat (D major)
(G major) An d out through the smoke
ran Mayor (E minor) Will
(C major) Wearing nothing but a black (G major) silk hat
Verse 5
And right behind him with his shirt Tail afire (C major)
came our local chief
of (G major) police
Then the Banker Jones with a
Redheaded girl (A major) he'd always
said was his niece
(D major) Then I spied (E minor) Miss Nancy (A major) Ann herself,
helping someone (C major) out of the fire (D major)
(G major) Her arm around the red (E minor) bald head
of (C major) Old Judge (G major) McIntyre
A deacon, a dentist, a deputy sheriff, (C major) an d one
Verse 6
state congressman
(G major) A county physician,
The city (A major) mortician, out through
the flames they ran (D major)
(E minor) A grand parade (A major) of girls and gals an
(C major) d half- clad gentlemen (D major)
(G major) Out through the heat and (E minor) smoke
(G major) That reeked of (C major) French perfume
(G major) an d gin
(C major) Though the flames were hot and the smoke (D major) was thick
Not a single (G major) life
Verse 7
was lost
And the reason (E minor) for the (A major) blaze
was never found (A minor) (D major)
(C major) But it long will be remembered
(D major) in (G major) our local history
As the fire that nearly scandal
(B minor) ized (C major) the town
The night (G major) Miss Nancy Ann's (B minor) hotel (C major) for (G major)
(B minor) (C major) single girls (G major) burned down
Verse 8
(G major) Everybody was out of the girls hotel
by (C major) the time the roof caved in
(G major) And we were heading back to the
Billiard hall when (A major) Leo turned to my friend
(D major) He said, (E minor) "I believe (A major) that the funniest
(C major) show I've ever seen in town
(D major) The so- (G major) called elite caught out
in the street
(C major) With their pompous purity (G major) down!"
Though (C major) the flames
Verse 9
were hot
and the smoke (D major) was thick
(G major) Not a single life was lost
And the reason (E minor) for the
(A major) blaze was never found (A minor)
(D major) But (C major) it long will be remembered
(D major) in (G major) our local history
As the fire that nearly scandal
(B minor) ized (C major) the town
(G major) The night Miss Nancy Ann's (B minor) hotel
(C major) for single girls (G major) burned down (B minor) (C major)
(D major) (G major)
The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls Burned Down
Hank Thompson
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