Fancy Uke tab by Reba McEntire

8 Chords used in the song: E, G, A, C, D, G#, C#, B

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5.13
(Intermediate)
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Intro:

E E G G A A E E
/ ///// / ///// / ///// / //// /

E E
I remember it all very well lookin' back
A A
It was the summer I turned eighteen
A A
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
C C E E
On the outskirts of New Orleans
E E
We didn't have money for food or rent
A A
To say the least we were hard pressed
A A
Then Mama spent every last penny we had
C C E E
To buy me a dancin' dress

E E
Mama washed and combed and curled my hair
A A D D
and she painted my eyes and lips then I stepped into a satin
A A E E
dancin' dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip
E E A A
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
D D
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
A A E E
There stood a woman where a half grown kid had stood

C C A A E E run#1
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
G G A A E E run#2 E E
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down

E E
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck
A A
And she kissed my cheek
A A C C
Then I saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyes
E E
When she started to speak
E E
She looked at a pitiful shack
A A
And then she looked at me and took a ragged breath
A A
She said your Pa's run off and I'm real sick
C C E E
And the baby's gonna starve to death
E E
She handed me a heart shaped locket that said
A A
"To thine own self be true"
D D
And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across
A A E E
the toe of my high heeled shoe
E E
It sounded like somebody else that was talkin'
G# G# C# C#
Askin' Mama what do I do
A A
She said just be nice to the gentlemen Fancy
B B E E
And they'll be nice to you

C C A A E E run#1
She said, here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
G G A A E E run#2
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
G G A A C C
Lord forgive me for what I do, but if you want out
D D
Well it's up to you
C C B B E E
Now don't let me down you better start movin' uptown

E E
Well that was the last time I saw my Ma
A A
The night I left that rickety shack
A A
The welfare people came and took the baby
C C E E
Mama died and I ain't been back

E E
But the wheel of fate had started to turn
A A
And for me there was no way out
A A
And it wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
C C E E
What my Mama'd been talkin' about

E E A A
I knew what I had to do but I made myself this solemn vow
D D
That I's gonna be a lady someday
A A E E
Though I didn't know when or how
E E
I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
G# G# C# C#
With my head hung down in shame you know
A A
I might have been born just plain white trash
B B E E
But Fancy was my name

C C A A E E run#1
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
G G A A E E run#2 E E
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down

* Fret-hand strings, pick tempo
It wasn't long after a benevolent man

Took me off the street

And one week later I was pourin' his tea

In a five room hotel suite


I charmed a king, a congressman

And an occasional aristocrat

Then I got me a Georgia mansion

In an elegant New York townhouse flat

* Guitar comes back in...
E E E E G G A A E E
And I ain't done bad

E E A A
Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hippocrits

That would call me bad
D D
And criticize Mama for turning me out
A A E E
No matter how little we had

E E
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
G# G# C# C#
For nigh on fifteen years
A A
I can still hear the desparation in my poor
B B E E
Mama's voice ringin' in my ear

C C A A E E run#1
She said, here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
G G A A E E run#2
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
G G A A
Lord forgive me for what I do
C C D D
But if you want out well it's up to you
C C
Now don't let me down
B B E E
Your Mama's goina help you uptown

E E repeat intro/outro to end...
I guess she did

Uke tab by , 19 May 2025

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