Fancy

Intro F# A B F# F# i remember it all very well lookin’ back E it was the summer i turned eighteen B we lived in a one room , rundown shack D on the outskirts of new orleans F# we didn’t have money for food or rent E to say the least we were hard pressed B then mama spent every last penny we had D to buy me a dancin’ dress F# mama washed and combed and curled my hair B F# and she painted my eyes and lips then i stepped into a satin B F# dancin’ dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip F# B F# it was red velvet trim and it fit me good F# standin’ back from the lookin’ glass B F# there stood a woman where a half grown kid had stood D E F# she said here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down A B F# here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down F# E mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck and she kissed my cheek B/D# D then i saw the tears wellin’ up in her troubled eyes when she started to speak F# she looked at a pitiful shack E and then she looked at me and took a ragged breath B/D# she said your pa’s run off and i’m real sick D and the baby’s gonna starve to death F# she handed me a heart shaped locket that said E "to thine own self be true" B/D# and i shivered as i watched a roach crawl across D the toe of my high heeled shoe F# it sounded like somebody else that was talkin’ A# D#m askin’ mama what do i do B she said just be nice to the gentlemen fancy C# and they’ll be nice to you D E F# she said , here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down A B F# here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down A B D lord forgive me for what i do , but if you want out E well it’s up to you D C# F# now don’t let me down now your mama’s gonna move you uptown F# well that was the last time i saw my mama E the night i left that rickety shack B/D# the welfare people came and took the baby D mama died and i ain’t been back F# but the wheel of fate had started to turn E and for me there was no way out B/D# and it wasn’t very long ’til i knew exactly D what my mama’d been talkin’ about F# E i knew what i had to do but i made myself this solemn vow B/D# that i’s gonna be a lady someday D though i didn’t know when or how F# i couldn’t see spending the rest of my life A# D#m with my head hung down in shame you know B i might have been born just plain white trash C# but fancy was my name D E F# here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down A B F# here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down ( F# ) it wasn’t long after a benevolent man ( E ) took me off the street ( B ) and one week later i was pourin’ his tea ( F# ) in a five room hotel suite ( F# ) i charmed a king , a congressman and an occasional aristocrat then i got me a georgia mansion in an elegant new york townhouse flat F# A B ( F# ) and i ain’t gone back F# B now in this world there’s a lot of self - righteous hippocrits F# that call me bad and criticize mama for turning me out B F# no matter how little we had but though i ain’t had to worry ’bout nothin’ A# D#m for nigh on fifteen years B well , i can still hear the desperation in my poor C# mama’s voice ringin’ in my ears D E F# "here’s your one chance fancy , don’t let me down . " A B F# oh . "here’s your one chance fancy , don’t let me down . " A B "lord , forgive me for what i do D but if you want out E well , it’s up to you D C# F# now don’t let me down hon , your mama’s gonna move you uptown . " and i guess she did Outro same as Intro