Kunci: F major
Intro 1
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
Verse 1
it all very well lookin' back
Eb
It was the summer that I turned eighteen
Bb
We lived in a one- room,
run down shack
Db
On the outskirts of New Orleans
Verse 2
F
We didn't have money for food or rent
Eb
To say the least we were hard- pressed
Bb
When Momma spent every
last penny we had
Db
To buy me a dancin' dress
Verse 3
and curled my hair,
Bb
F
Then she painted my eyes and lips
And I stepped into the satin
dancin' dress
Bb
It had a split in the side
Verse 4
Bb
It was red, velvet- trimmed,
And standin' back from
the lookin' glass
Was a woman
Eb
F
Where a half grown kid had stood
Verse 5
Db
Eb
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
Ab
Bb
Here's your one chance, Fancy,
Bb
Lord forgive me for what I do,
Db
Eb
But if you want out then it's up to you
Db
Don't let me down your momma's
Cm
gonna help you move uptown"
F
Verse 6
Momma dabbed a bit of perfume
Eb
On my neck and she kissed my cheek
Bb
And I saw the tears well up
when she started to speak
Verse 7
F
She looked at our pitiful shack and then
Eb
She looked at me and took
a ragged breath
Bb
Your Pa's run off, and I'm real sick
Db
Eb
And the baby's gonna starve to death
Verse 8
F
She handed me a heart- shaped
locket that said
Eb
"To thine own self be true"
Bb
And I shivered as I watched
a roach crawl across
Db
The toe of my high- heal shoe
Verse 9
else who was talkin'
A
Dm
Askin', "Momma what do I do?"
Bb
Just be nice to the gentlemen, Fancy
Cm
F
And they'll be nice to you"
Verse 10
Db
Eb
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
Ab
Bb
Here's your one chance,
Bb
Lord forgive me for what I do,
Db
Eb
But if you want out then it's up to you
Cm
Your momma's gonna help
you move uptown"
F
Verse 11
Well that was the last time
I saw my momma
Eb
The night I left that rickety shack
Bb
Cos welfare people came
and took the baby
Db
Momma died and I ain't been back
Verse 12
had started to turn
Eb
And for me there was no other way out
Bb
And it wasn't very long
till I knew exactly
Db
Eb
What my ma had been talkin' 'bout
Verse 13
Eb
But I made myself a solemn vow
Bb
That I was gonna to be
a lady someday
Db
Though I don't know when or how
Verse 14
the rest of my life
A
Dm
With my head hung down in shame
Bb
I might have been born
just plain white trash
Cm
C
F
But Fancy was my name
Verse 15
Db
Eb
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
Ab
Bb
Here's your one chance,
Fancy, don't let me down.
F
Verse 16
It wasn't very long a benevolent man
Ab
Eb
F
Eb
Took me in off the street
F
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
Bb
In a five roomed hotel suite.
Verse 17
F
Cm
a congressman
F
Eb
And an oc casional aristocrat
And I've got me a Georgia mansion
G
And an elegant New York townhouse flat.
Interlude 1
Now I ain't done bad
F
Bb
Ab
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
Eb
F
Verse 18
F
Now in this world there's
a lot of self- righteous
Bb
Hypocrites who call me bad
F
And criticize Momma for turning me out
Bb
No mat ter how little we had
Verse 19
though I hadn't had
to worry about nothin'
A
Dm
For nigh on fifteen years
Bb
I can still hear the desperation
Cm
In my poor mommas voice
Verse 20
Db
Eb
"Here's your one chance, Fancy,
Ab
Bb
Here's your one chance,
Bb
Lord forgive me for what I do,
Db
Eb
But if you want out then it's up to you
Cm
Csus4
Your momma's gonna help you move up town"
Outro 1
F
Ab
Bb
F
Bb
F
Ab
Bb
F
Ab
Bb
F
Ab
Bb
F
F
Bagaimana pendapat Anda tentang lagu ini?
Anda perlu untuk memberikan penilaian.
PenyetemE A D G B E
AkorF Bb Eb Db Ab...
Lebih banyak lagu dari Katie Melua
Temukan akor untuk lebih banyak lagu yang bisa dimainkan
Lihat Selengkapnya
Akor populer di seluruh dunia
Akor & tab yang paling sering dimainkan oleh pengguna
Baru saja ditambahkan
Akor & tab terbaru