Fancy Chords by Bobbie Gentry
Tempo:
104.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [C] [D] [E]
I remember it all very [D] well, looking back it was the summer I turned 18.
[A] We lived in a one room run down shack [C] on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food or [D] rent, to say the least we were hard [Dm] pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny [C] we had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my [A] hair and she painted my [E] eyes and [Gm] lips.
[A] Then I [E] stepped into the satin dancing dress, it [A] was split on the [E] side, clean up to my hips.
It was red velvet [A] trim and [E] it fit me good.
[A] [E] And staring back from the looking glass was a woman [A] wearing a hat, croquette [E] and stud.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[G] [E] [Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
[G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out, [D] well it's up to you.
[C] Don't let me down, [Eb] your mama's gonna have you [E] move uptown.
[D] Mama [E] dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] Then I saw the tears well up in her [C] troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then she [D] looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your balls run off and I'm real [C] sick and the leak's gonna start to die.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said design on self be true.
[A] And she shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toe of my high heel [Gm] shoe.
[E] It sounded like somebody else that was [Ab] talking, asking mama what [Dbm] do I do.
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen, [B] fancy, and they'll be nice to [E] you.
[Am] Here's your one chance, [D] fancy, [E] don't let me [G] down.
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[G] Lord forgive me for [A] what I do, [C] but if you want [D] out, well it's up to you.
[C] Now get on [B] there girl, you better stop [E] moving uptown.
Well that was the last time I saw my ma [D] and I left that rickety shack.
[E] Cause the welfare people came and took the baby, [C] ma died and I ain't been back.
[E] But the wheels of fate had started to [D] turn and for me there was no way out.
[A] And it wasn't very long until I knew exactly [C] what my mama been talking about.
[E] I did what I had to do but I made [D] myself a solemn vow.
[A] That I was going to be a lady someday, [C] though it was November.
[E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [Ab] with my head [Dbm] hung down in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash, [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[Am] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down.
[Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down.
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
And one week later I was pouring his tea in a five room hotel suite.
I jumped the king, the congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion and an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't done that.
[G] [A]
[E] Now in this world there's a lot of self rights [A] hypocrites [E] that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how little we had.
[A] [E] And though I ain't had to worry [Ab] about nothing for now [Dbm] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice ringing [Bm] in my ear.
[Am] Here's your [D] one chance, fancy, [G] don't let me down.
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
[G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out [D] well it's up to you.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna have to move [E] uptown.
And I guess she did.
[G] [A] [E]
[G]
[A]
I remember it all very [D] well, looking back it was the summer I turned 18.
[A] We lived in a one room run down shack [C] on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food or [D] rent, to say the least we were hard [Dm] pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny [C] we had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my [A] hair and she painted my [E] eyes and [Gm] lips.
[A] Then I [E] stepped into the satin dancing dress, it [A] was split on the [E] side, clean up to my hips.
It was red velvet [A] trim and [E] it fit me good.
[A] [E] And staring back from the looking glass was a woman [A] wearing a hat, croquette [E] and stud.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[G] [E] [Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
[G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out, [D] well it's up to you.
[C] Don't let me down, [Eb] your mama's gonna have you [E] move uptown.
[D] Mama [E] dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] Then I saw the tears well up in her [C] troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then she [D] looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your balls run off and I'm real [C] sick and the leak's gonna start to die.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said design on self be true.
[A] And she shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toe of my high heel [Gm] shoe.
[E] It sounded like somebody else that was [Ab] talking, asking mama what [Dbm] do I do.
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen, [B] fancy, and they'll be nice to [E] you.
[Am] Here's your one chance, [D] fancy, [E] don't let me [G] down.
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[G] Lord forgive me for [A] what I do, [C] but if you want [D] out, well it's up to you.
[C] Now get on [B] there girl, you better stop [E] moving uptown.
Well that was the last time I saw my ma [D] and I left that rickety shack.
[E] Cause the welfare people came and took the baby, [C] ma died and I ain't been back.
[E] But the wheels of fate had started to [D] turn and for me there was no way out.
[A] And it wasn't very long until I knew exactly [C] what my mama been talking about.
[E] I did what I had to do but I made [D] myself a solemn vow.
[A] That I was going to be a lady someday, [C] though it was November.
[E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [Ab] with my head [Dbm] hung down in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash, [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[Am] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down.
[Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down.
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
And one week later I was pouring his tea in a five room hotel suite.
I jumped the king, the congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion and an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't done that.
[G] [A]
[E] Now in this world there's a lot of self rights [A] hypocrites [E] that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how little we had.
[A] [E] And though I ain't had to worry [Ab] about nothing for now [Dbm] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice ringing [Bm] in my ear.
[Am] Here's your [D] one chance, fancy, [G] don't let me down.
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
[G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out [D] well it's up to you.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna have to move [E] uptown.
And I guess she did.
[G] [A] [E]
[G]
[A]
Key:
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[E] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _
I remember it all very [D] well, looking back it was the summer I turned 18.
[A] We lived in a one room run down shack [C] on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food or [D] rent, to say the least we were hard [Dm] pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny [C] we had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my [A] hair and she painted my [E] eyes and [Gm] lips.
[A] Then I [E] stepped into the satin dancing dress, it [A] was split on the [E] side, clean up to my hips.
It was red velvet [A] trim and [E] it fit me good.
[A] [E] And staring back from the looking glass was a woman [A] wearing a hat, croquette [E] and stud.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[G] _ [E] _ [Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
_ _ [G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out, [D] well it's up to you.
[C] Don't let me down, [Eb] your mama's gonna have you [E] move uptown.
_ _ _ _ [D] Mama [E] dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] Then I saw the tears well up in her [C] troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then she [D] looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your balls run off and I'm real [C] sick and the leak's gonna start to die.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said design on self be true.
[A] And she shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toe of my high heel [Gm] shoe.
[E] It sounded like somebody else that was [Ab] talking, asking mama what [Dbm] do I do.
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen, [B] fancy, and they'll be nice to [E] you.
[Am] Here's your one chance, [D] fancy, [E] don't let me [G] down. _
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down. _
[G] Lord forgive me for [A] what I do, [C] but if you want [D] out, well it's up to you.
[C] Now get on [B] there girl, you better stop [E] moving uptown. _ _
_ _ _ Well that was the last time I saw my ma [D] and I left that rickety shack.
[E] Cause the welfare people came and took the baby, [C] ma died and I ain't been back.
[E] But the wheels of fate had started to [D] turn and for me there was no way out.
[A] And it wasn't very long until I knew exactly [C] what my mama been talking about.
[E] I did what I had to do but I made [D] myself a solemn vow.
[A] That I was going to be a lady someday, [C] though it was November.
_ [E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [Ab] with my head [Dbm] hung down in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash, [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[Am] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down.
_ _ _ [Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down. _ _ _ _ _ _
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
And one week later I was pouring his tea in a five room hotel suite.
I jumped the king, the congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion and an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't done that.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Now in this world there's a lot of self rights [A] hypocrites [E] that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how little we had.
[A] [E] And though I ain't had to worry [Ab] about nothing for now [Dbm] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice ringing [Bm] in my ear.
[Am] Here's your [D] one chance, fancy, [G] don't let me _ _ down.
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
_ [G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out [D] well it's up to you.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna have to move [E] uptown. _ _ _ _
And I guess she did.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I remember it all very [D] well, looking back it was the summer I turned 18.
[A] We lived in a one room run down shack [C] on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food or [D] rent, to say the least we were hard [Dm] pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny [C] we had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my [A] hair and she painted my [E] eyes and [Gm] lips.
[A] Then I [E] stepped into the satin dancing dress, it [A] was split on the [E] side, clean up to my hips.
It was red velvet [A] trim and [E] it fit me good.
[A] [E] And staring back from the looking glass was a woman [A] wearing a hat, croquette [E] and stud.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[G] _ [E] _ [Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
_ _ [G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out, [D] well it's up to you.
[C] Don't let me down, [Eb] your mama's gonna have you [E] move uptown.
_ _ _ _ [D] Mama [E] dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] Then I saw the tears well up in her [C] troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then she [D] looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your balls run off and I'm real [C] sick and the leak's gonna start to die.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said design on self be true.
[A] And she shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toe of my high heel [Gm] shoe.
[E] It sounded like somebody else that was [Ab] talking, asking mama what [Dbm] do I do.
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen, [B] fancy, and they'll be nice to [E] you.
[Am] Here's your one chance, [D] fancy, [E] don't let me [G] down. _
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, [E] don't let me down. _
[G] Lord forgive me for [A] what I do, [C] but if you want [D] out, well it's up to you.
[C] Now get on [B] there girl, you better stop [E] moving uptown. _ _
_ _ _ Well that was the last time I saw my ma [D] and I left that rickety shack.
[E] Cause the welfare people came and took the baby, [C] ma died and I ain't been back.
[E] But the wheels of fate had started to [D] turn and for me there was no way out.
[A] And it wasn't very long until I knew exactly [C] what my mama been talking about.
[E] I did what I had to do but I made [D] myself a solemn vow.
[A] That I was going to be a lady someday, [C] though it was November.
_ [E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [Ab] with my head [Dbm] hung down in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash, [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[Am] Here's your one [D] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down.
_ _ _ [Em] Here's your one [A] chance, fancy, don't let [E] me down. _ _ _ _ _ _
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
And one week later I was pouring his tea in a five room hotel suite.
I jumped the king, the congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion and an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't done that.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Now in this world there's a lot of self rights [A] hypocrites [E] that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how little we had.
[A] [E] And though I ain't had to worry [Ab] about nothing for now [Dbm] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice ringing [Bm] in my ear.
[Am] Here's your [D] one chance, fancy, [G] don't let me _ _ down.
Here's your [A] one chance, fancy, don't [E] let me down.
_ [G] Lord forgive me for what [A] I do, [C] but if you want out [D] well it's up to you.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna have to move [E] uptown. _ _ _ _
And I guess she did.
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