Intro
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D C G
D C G
Hey, hey!
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[Verse 1]
D
Clothes shootin’ don’t kill no birds
C G
I’m standin’ tall with the rest of the girls
D
Hangin’ on, to my mama’s every word
C G
Gonna’ sing ‘em out loud and conquer the world
C
All them faces on the pictures up there
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Makes me remember when my table was bare
D
Livin’, at my mama’s house
C G7
Takin’ food, from my family’s mouth...before the money came
[Verse 2]
D
I was singing R’n’F# back in ‘62
C G
Before you were born and your mama too
D
I knew David Ruffin when he was hopeless
C G
Sleeping on my floor before he crossed over
C
All my friends on the Grammy shows
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I was stuck in Detroit trying to open doors
D
Record deals kept falling apart
C G7
One with Atlantic nearly broke my heart...before the money came
[Bridge]
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I got a lot to say
F C G7
So proud I was built this way
D
Some folks didn’t see my worth
C
Didn’t know where I fit in
D
Fourty years I kept on singing
C G7
Before the money started rolling in
[Guitar solo – 8 measures]
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D C G
D C G
D C G
[Verse 3]
D
Oh, there was a time when I would call it luck
C G
If I got me a gig for fifty bucks
D
Now I got all these big decisions to make
C G
Never thought success would be hard to take
C
Shoes on my feet, more in the closet
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Silk on my skin, more if I want it
D
All these years I kept my style
C G7
I wouldn’t cross over, so it took me a while...before the money came
[Bridge]
F C G7
Yo! I got so much to say
F C G7
So damn proud I was built this way
D
Some folks didn’t see my worth
C
Didn’t know where I fit in
D
Forty years I kept singing
C G7
Before the money started rolling in
[Outro]
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F C G7
Before the money came, before the money came
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Before the money came, before the money came
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