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Intro F# A B F#
I rF#emember it all very well lookin' back It was the Esummer I turned eighteen We lBived in a one room, rundown shack On the Doutskirts of New Orleans We F#didn't have money for food or rent To say the lEeast we were hard pressed Then BMama spent every last penny we had To Dbuy me a dancin' dress
MF#ama washed and combed and curled my hair and she Bpainted my eyes and F#lips then I stepped into a satin dancin' dress that had a sBplit on the side clean F#up to my hip It was rF#ed velvet trimB and it fit me F#good Standin' F#back from the lookin' glass There stood a woman where a Bhalf grown kid had sF#tood
She said hDere's your one chance EFancy don't let me dF#own HAere's your one chance FBancy don't let me F#down
Mama F#dabbed a little bit of perfume on my nEeck And she kissed my cheek Then I B/D#saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyeDs
When she started to speak
She F#looked at a pitiful shack And then she looked at Eme and took a ragged breath She said your B/D#Pa's run off and I'm real sick And the bDaby's gonna starve to death She F#handed me a heart shaped locket that said "E;To thine own self be true" And I sB/D#hivered as I watched a roach crawl across the Dtoe of my high heeled shoe It F#sounded like somebody else that was talkin' Askin' A#Mama what do I D#Mdo She said jBust be nice to the gentlemen Fancy And C#they'll be nice to you
She said, Dhere's your one chance FEancy don't let me dF#own HAere's your one chance FBancy don't let me dF#own Lord forAgive me for what I dBo, but if yDou want out Well it's uEp to you Now don't lDet me down now your C#Mama's gonna move you upF#town
Well F#that was the last time I saw my Mama The night I lEeft that rickety shack The wB/D#elfare people came and took the baby Mama dDied and I ain't been back
But the F#wheel of fate had started to turn And for Eme there was no way out And it wB/D#asn't very long 'til I knew exactly What my MDama'd been talkin' about
I F#knew what I had to do but I made mysEelf this solemn vow That IB/D#'s gonna be a lady someday Though I Ddidn't know when or how I F#couldn't see spending the rest of my life With my hA#ead hung down in sD#Mhame you know I mBight have been born just plain white trash But FC#ancy was my name
HDere's your one chance EFancy don't let me doF#wn HAere's your one chance FBancy don't let me dF#own
(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
Now F#in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hBippocrits That call me F#bad
And criticize Mama for turning me out
No Bmatter how little we F#had But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin' For A#nigh on fifteen yD#Mears Well, I can sBtill hear the desperation in my poor Mama's vC#oice ringin' in my ears &Dquot;Here's your one chaEnce Fancy, don't letF# me down." Oh. &Aquot;Here's your one chaBnce Fancy, don't letF# me down." "LordA, forgive me for whatB I do But if yDou want out Well, it's Eup to you Now dDon't let me down hon, your mC#ama's gonna move you uF#ptown."
And I guess she did Outro same as intro