Intro
F# E B
F# E B
F# E B
Hey, hey!
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[Verse 1]
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Clothes shootin’ don’t kill no birds
E B
I’m standin’ tall with the rest of the girls
F#
Hangin’ on, to my mama’s every word
E B
Gonna’ sing ‘em out loud and conquer the world
E
All them faces on the pictures up there
B
Makes me remember when my table was bare
F#
Livin’, at my mama’s house
E B7
Takin’ food, from my family’s mouth...before the money came
[Verse 2]
F#
I was singing R’n’A# back in ‘62
E B
Before you were born and your mama too
F#
I knew David Ruffin when he was hopeless
E B
Sleeping on my floor before he crossed over
E
All my friends on the Grammy shows
B
I was stuck in Detroit trying to open doors
F#
Record deals kept falling apart
E B7
One with Atlantic nearly broke my heart...before the money came
[Bridge]
A E B7
I got a lot to say
A E B7
So proud I was built this way
F#
Some folks didn’t see my worth
E
Didn’t know where I fit in
F#
Fourty years I kept on singing
E B7
Before the money started rolling in
[Guitar solo – 8 measures]
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F# E B
F# E B
F# E B
[Verse 3]
F#
Oh, there was a time when I would call it luck
E B
If I got me a gig for fifty bucks
F#
Now I got all these big decisions to make
E B
Never thought success would be hard to take
E
Shoes on my feet, more in the closet
B
Silk on my skin, more if I want it
F#
All these years I kept my style
E B7
I wouldn’t cross over, so it took me a while...before the money came
[Bridge]
A E B7
Yo! I got so much to say
A E B7
So damn proud I was built this way
F#
Some folks didn’t see my worth
E
Didn’t know where I fit in
F#
Forty years I kept singing
E B7
Before the money started rolling in
[Outro]
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Before the money came, before the money came
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Before the money came, before the money came
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