Fancy Chords by Reba Mcentire

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I remember it all very well, looking back [B] it was the summer I turned [E] 18
[F#] We lived in a one room run down shack [D] on the outskirts of New Orleans
[F#m] We didn't have money for food or rent, [E] to say the least we were hard pressed
[F#] And Mama spent every last penny we had [G] to buy me a [C#m] dancing dress
[F#] Mama watched him comb and curl my hair, [B] then she painted my [F#] eyes
Mama watched him live, then I stepped into a satin dancing dress
[B] I had it split from the side, [F#] cleaned up to my heel
It was red [B] velvet trimming and it fit [F#] me good
Standing back from the looking glass there stood a [B] woman wore a half-grown key [F#] and it stood
She [D] said, here she walks, [E] that's fancy, don't [F#] let me down
She [F#m] said, here she walks, [B] that's fancy, don't [F#] let me down _ _
_ _ _ Mama died a little bit of perfume [E] on my neck, then she kissed my cheek
[B] And then I saw the tears welling up in her [D] troubled eyes as she started to speak
[F#] She looked at her pitiful shack and then she [E] looked at me and took a ragged breath
[B] She said, your paw's run off and I'm real sick [D] and the baby's gonna starve to death
[F#] She handed me a hard sheep's locket, then said, [E] to thine own self be true
[B] And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl [D] across the toe of my heel shoe
[F#] It sounded like somebody else was talking, [A#] asking, Mama, what do [D#m] I do?
[B] She said, just be nice to the gentlemen, fancy, [C#] they'll be nice to you
[D] She said, here she walks, [E] that's fancy, don't let [F#] _ _ _ [A] me down
Here she walks, [B] that's fancy, don't let [F#] me down
_ _ [A] But _ [B] _
[D] if you want it, [E] it's up to you, [D] now don't let me down
[C#] Now your mama's gonna [F#] be a fan _ _ _ _ _
That was the last time I saw my mama, [E] and I left that rickety shack
[B] The welfare people came and took the baby, [D] Mama died and I ain't been back
But the wheels of fate started to [E] turn and for me there was no way out
[B] It wasn't very long till I knew exactly [D] what my mama been [B] talking about
[F#] I had to do and I [E] made myself this solemn vow
I [D#] was gonna be a lady someday, [D] though I didn't know when or how
[F#] But I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [A#] with my head [D#] held in shame
[B] You know I might have been born just plain white [C#] trash, but fancy was [F#] my name
[D] She said, here she walks, [E] that's fancy, don't [F#] let me _ down
[A] She said, here she walks, [B] that's fancy, don't [F#] let me down _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] But a long after up and ever lit man took me [Em] in and off the [D#] streets
One week later [Gm] I was born as ten, a [F#] five room hotel suite
I charmed a king, a congressman, and then occasionally rinsed [G] a crack
[F] And then I got me a Georgia mansion and a New [E] York townhouse, but I [F#] ain't no bad _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ Now in this world there's a lot of self [B]-righteous, yet the pretty [F#] call me bad
And criticize mama for turning me [B] out, no matter how [C#] little we had
[F#] But though I ain't had to worry about nothin' [A#] for [D#m] fifteen years
[B] Well I can still hear the desperation in my [C#] poor mama's voice ringing in my ear
[D] Here she walks, [E] that's fancy, don't [F#] let _ me down
[F#m] Oh, here she walks, [B] that's fancy, don't let [F#] me down
_ Lord, [A] forgive me for [B] _
[D] being mean
Well if you want it, [E] well it's up to you, [D] now don't let me down, [C#] honey
Mama's gonna move [F#] you uptown, _ _ _ _ well I guess she did
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