The Night Miss Nancy Anns Hotel For Single Girls Burned Down Chords - Tex Williams

Intro

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Verse 1

F Bb F Now Miss Nancy Ann ran a boardin' house with a faded sign that read C G C "Single Rooms For Single Girls No Men Allowed" it said Dm Bb G C But rumor had it that a gentleman with a yen for love for a fee F D Bb F Could always go to Nancy Ann's for some feminine company Dm Bb F Well one night in June in the billiard room was I chalking up with a friend Dm G C He was set to break when the door burst open and Leo James rushed in Dm Bb G He yelled there's a fire that's just broke out and it's down at Nancy Ann's C Dm Bb So we dropped our cues on the poolroom floor and down the street we ran

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F Bb C F Dm Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick not a single life was lost G C And the reason for the blaze was never found Bb C F Dm But it long will be remembered in our local history F Dm Bb Gm As the fire that fairly scandalized the town F C Dm Bb F The night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls burned down

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Verse 2

F Dm C Bb When we got to the place the front was a blaze and so was the second floor F Dm G C So we cut around the side and up the alley and stopped aside the back door Dm Bb G C We were catching our breath when the door flew open and knocked poor Leo flat F Bb F And out through the smoke ran Mayor Wills wearin' nothing but a black silk hat D Bb And right behind him with his shirt tail afire came the local chief of police F Dm G C And banker Jones with the red-haired girl he always said was his niece Dm Bb G C And then I spied Miss Nancy Ann herself helping someone else out of the fire Dm Bb F Her arm around the red bald head of old Judge McEntire G C A deacon a dentist a deputy sheriff and one state congressman G Em A D The county physician the city mortician out through the flames they ran Em C A7 D The grand parade of girls in gowns and hat clad gentlemen G C G Through the thick gray smoke that certainly smelled like french perfume and gin

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Verse 3

C Bb F Now everybody was out at the girl's hotel by the time the roof caved in Dm C We were headin' back to the billiard hall when Leo turned to my friend Dm Bb Bm C He said I believe that's the funniest show I've ever seen in town F C Bb F The so called elite caught out in the street with their pompous purity down

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