The Nanny Named Fran Chords
The Nanny Named Fran by Ann Hampton Callaway is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Db. It uses the chords Db/Eb, Ab7, D9, Db9, Eb7(#9), Ab13(#11), F9, Bbm9, Ab/C, Bb7, Db7, Gm/C, C7, Fm7, Bb9, Ab/Eb, Eb and Ab. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Db/Eb
Verse
Ab7
She was working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens,
Ab7 D9 Db9
'Til her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes.
Ab7
What was she to do? Where was she to go? She was out on her fanny...
Eb7(#9)
So over the bridge from Flushing to the Sheffield's door.
Ab13(#11) F9
She was there to sell make-up, but the father saw more.
Bbm9 Ab/C DbM7
She had style! She had flair! She was there.
Db/Eb Ab7 D9 Db9
That's how she became the Nanny!
Db9
Who would have guessed that the girl we've described,
Bb7 Eb7(#9)
Was just exactly what the doctor prescribed?
Ab7
Now the father finds her beguiling (watch out C. C.!).
Db7
And the kids are actually smiling (such joie de vivre!).
Db9 Gm/C C7 Fm7 Bb9
She's the lady in red when everybody else is wearing tan...
Ab/Eb Eb Ab
The flashy girl from Flushing, the Nanny named Fran!