Before The Money Came The Battle Of Bettye Lavette

G F C G F C G F C Hey, hey! G F C G Clothes shootin’ don’t k**l no birds F C I’m standin’ tall with the rest of the girls G Hangin’ on, to my mama’s every word F C Gonna’ sing ‘em out loud and conquer the world F All them faces on the pictures up there C Makes me remember when my table was bare G Livin’, at my mama’s house F C7 Takin’ food, from my family’s mouth...before the money came G I was singing R’n’B back in ‘62 F C Before you were born and your mama too G I knew David Ruffin when he was hopeless F C Sleeping on my floor before he crossed over F All my friends on the Grammy shows C I was stuck in Detroit trying to open doors G Record deals kept falling apart F C7 One with Atlantic nearly broke my heart...before the money came Bb F C7 I got a lot to say Bb F C7 So proud I was built this way G Some folks didn’t see my worth F Didn’t know where I fit in G Fourty years I kept on singing F C7 Before the money started rolling in Guitar solo – 8 measures G F C G F C G F C G F C G Oh, there was a time when I would call it luck F C If I got me a gig for fifty bucks G Now I got all these big decisions to make F C Never thought success would be hard to take F Shoes on my feet, more in the closet C Silk on my skin, more if I want it G All these years I kept my style F C7 I wouldn’t cross over, so it took me a while...before the money came Bb F C7 Yo! I got so much to say Bb F C7 So damn proud I was built this way G Some folks didn’t see my worth F Didn’t know where I fit in G Forty years I kept singing F C7 Before the money started rolling in Bb F C7 Bb F C7 Before the money came, before the money came Bb F C7 Before the money came, before the money came