Chords for Bobbie Gentry - Fancy (Live)
Tempo:
103 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] I [E] remember it all very well, looking back it [D] was the summer I turned 18.
[A] We lived in a one room run down [C] shack on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food [D] or rent, to say the least we were hard pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny we [C] had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my hair and [A] she painted my eyes and [B] lips.
And then [E] I stepped into a satin dancing dress, [A] it was split on the side and [E] creamed up to my hips.
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good.
And staring back from the looking glass was a woman wearing a hat, [E] croquette and stud.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't [E] let me down.
[Em] Here's your [A] one chance fancy, don't [E] let me down.
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] And I saw the tears well up in [C] her troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then [D] she looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your paws run off and I'm real [C] sick and the baby's gonna starve to death.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said to thine own self be true.
[A] And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toes of my high heeled [E] shoe.
It sounded like somebody else that was [G#] talking asking Mama what [C#m] do I do?
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen [B] fancy and they'll be nice to [C] you.
Here's your [D] one chance fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[Em] 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 [C] you.
Now get on [B] now girl, you better start [E] moving uptown.
Well that was the last time I saw my ma, [D] the night I left that rickety shack.
[A] Cause of welfare people [E] came and took the baby, [C] Mom 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 till 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 gonna be a lady someday [C] that would win the whole game.
[E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [G#] with my head hung down [C#m] in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't let [E] me down.
[G] Here's your one [A] chance fancy, don't let me [E] down.
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
[Em] And one week later I was born his day in a five room hotel suite.
Yes it was.
Charmed a king, a [E] congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion in an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't been back.
[G] [A]
[E] Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how I look bad.
And though I ain't had to worry [G#] about nothing for now [C#m] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice [E] ringing in my ear.
[C] Here's your [D] one chance fancy, don't [E] let me [G] down.
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.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna help me move up [E] town.
I guess she did.
[A]
[A] We lived in a one room run down [C] shack on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food [D] or rent, to say the least we were hard pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny we [C] had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my hair and [A] she painted my eyes and [B] lips.
And then [E] I stepped into a satin dancing dress, [A] it was split on the side and [E] creamed up to my hips.
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good.
And staring back from the looking glass was a woman wearing a hat, [E] croquette and stud.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't [E] let me down.
[Em] Here's your [A] one chance fancy, don't [E] let me down.
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] And I saw the tears well up in [C] her troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then [D] she looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your paws run off and I'm real [C] sick and the baby's gonna starve to death.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said to thine own self be true.
[A] And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toes of my high heeled [E] shoe.
It sounded like somebody else that was [G#] talking asking Mama what [C#m] do I do?
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen [B] fancy and they'll be nice to [C] you.
Here's your [D] one chance fancy, [E] don't let me down.
[Em] 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 [C] you.
Now get on [B] now girl, you better start [E] moving uptown.
Well that was the last time I saw my ma, [D] the night I left that rickety shack.
[A] Cause of welfare people [E] came and took the baby, [C] Mom 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 till 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 gonna be a lady someday [C] that would win the whole game.
[E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [G#] with my head hung down [C#m] in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't let [E] me down.
[G] Here's your one [A] chance fancy, don't let me [E] down.
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
[Em] And one week later I was born his day in a five room hotel suite.
Yes it was.
Charmed a king, a [E] congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion in an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't been back.
[G] [A]
[E] Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how I look bad.
And though I ain't had to worry [G#] about nothing for now [C#m] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice [E] ringing in my ear.
[C] Here's your [D] one chance fancy, don't [E] let me [G] down.
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.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna help me move up [E] town.
I guess she did.
[A]
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_ _ _ _ [D] I [E] remember it all very well, looking back it [D] was the summer I turned 18.
[A] We lived in a one room run down [C] shack on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food [D] or rent, to say the least we were hard pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny we [C] had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my hair and [A] she painted my eyes and [B] lips.
And then [E] I stepped into a satin dancing dress, [A] it was split on the side and [E] creamed up to my hips.
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good.
And staring back from the looking glass was a woman wearing a hat, [E] croquette and stud. _
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't [E] let me down. _ _
[Em] Here's your [A] one chance fancy, don't [E] let me down. _
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] And I saw the tears well up in [C] her troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then [D] she looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your paws run off and I'm real [C] sick and the baby's gonna starve to death.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said to thine own self be true.
[A] And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toes of my high heeled [E] shoe.
It sounded like somebody else that was [G#] talking asking Mama what [C#m] do I do?
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen [B] fancy and they'll be nice to [C] you.
Here's your [D] one chance fancy, [E] don't let me down. _ _
[Em] 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 [C] you.
Now get on [B] now girl, you better start [E] moving uptown. _ _
_ _ _ Well that was the last time I saw my ma, [D] the night I left that rickety shack.
[A] Cause of welfare people [E] came and took the baby, [C] Mom 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 till 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 gonna be a lady someday [C] that would win the whole game.
_ [E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [G#] with my head hung down [C#m] in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't let [E] me _ down.
[G] Here's your one [A] chance fancy, don't let me [E] down. _ _ _ _ _ _
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
[Em] And one week later I was born his day in a five room hotel suite.
Yes it was.
Charmed a king, a [E] congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion in an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't been back.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how I look bad.
And though I ain't had to worry [G#] about nothing for now [C#m] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice [E] ringing in my ear.
[C] Here's your [D] one chance fancy, don't [E] let _ me [G] down.
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.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna help me move up [E] town. _ _ _ _ _
I guess she did. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] We lived in a one room run down [C] shack on the outskirts of New Orleans.
[E] We didn't have money for food [D] or rent, to say the least we were hard pressed.
[A] Then Mama spent every last penny we [C] had to buy me a dancing dress.
[E] Mama washed and combed and curled my hair and [A] she painted my eyes and [B] lips.
And then [E] I stepped into a satin dancing dress, [A] it was split on the side and [E] creamed up to my hips.
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good.
And staring back from the looking glass was a woman wearing a hat, [E] croquette and stud. _
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't [E] let me down. _ _
[Em] Here's your [A] one chance fancy, don't [E] let me down. _
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume [D] on my neck and she kissed my cheek.
[A] And I saw the tears well up in [C] her troubled eyes when she started to speak.
[E] She looked at her pitiful shack and then [D] she looked at me and took a ragged breath.
[A] Your paws run off and I'm real [C] sick and the baby's gonna starve to death.
[E] She handed me a heart shaped locker that [D] said to thine own self be true.
[A] And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl [C] across the toes of my high heeled [E] shoe.
It sounded like somebody else that was [G#] talking asking Mama what [C#m] do I do?
[A] Just be nice to the gentlemen [B] fancy and they'll be nice to [C] you.
Here's your [D] one chance fancy, [E] don't let me down. _ _
[Em] 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 [C] you.
Now get on [B] now girl, you better start [E] moving uptown. _ _
_ _ _ Well that was the last time I saw my ma, [D] the night I left that rickety shack.
[A] Cause of welfare people [E] came and took the baby, [C] Mom 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 till 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 gonna be a lady someday [C] that would win the whole game.
_ [E] I couldn't see spending the rest of my life [G#] with my head hung down [C#m] in shame.
[A] I might have been born just plain white trash [B] but fancy was [E] my name.
[C] Here's your one [D] chance fancy, don't let [E] me _ down.
[G] Here's your one [A] chance fancy, don't let me [E] down. _ _ _ _ _ _
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me in off the street.
[Em] And one week later I was born his day in a five room hotel suite.
Yes it was.
Charmed a king, a [E] congressman and an occasional aristocrat.
And I got me a Georgia mansion in an elegant New York townhouse flat and I ain't been back.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hypocrites that would call me bad.
And criticize my mama for turning me out no matter how I look bad.
And though I ain't had to worry [G#] about nothing for now [C#m] fifteen years.
[A] I can still hear the desperation in my [B] poor mama's voice [E] ringing in my ear.
[C] Here's your [D] one chance fancy, don't [E] let _ me [G] down.
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.
Now [C] don't let me down, your [B] mama's gonna help me move up [E] town. _ _ _ _ _
I guess she did. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _