[Intro]
G/D – Bb/F – C/D – Ab7/D D13
G F/G C/G
Hold on, hold on!
G F/G C/G
Hold on, hold on!
G
Started my life
F/G C/G G
In a worn torn dress that some-body threw out.
F/G C/G G
I knew the way it felt to always live in doubt,
D/F# G7/F
To be without the sim-ple things.
C/E Cm/Eb D
So afraid my friends would see the guilt in me
Bb Eb/Bb Bb
So I got a good job in the city.
Bb
Working for the man ev'ry night and day.
Bb
But I never lost a minute of sleeping
Bb
Worrying 'bout the way the things
Bb/D Eb
Might have been.
E F
I was a devil with a blue dress, blue dress,
Blue dress.
Eb
Devil with the blue dress on.
I was a ho!
C
Sugar pie, honey bunch,
G
You know that I love you.
Dm
I can't help myself.
F G
I love you and no-body else.
D
Wait! Oh, yeah, wait a minute Mister postman.
Bm
Wait! Wait Mister Postman.
D
Mister Postman, look and see
Bm
If there's a letter in your bag for me.
G
I've been waiting such a long, long time.
A
De-liver the letter. The sooner the better!
Db Db7
She wore an itsy bitsy, Teeny weeny
Gb
Yellow polka dot bikini.
Bm D/F#
Stop! In the name of love.
G
But my mama told me,
G7 C
"You better shop a-round."
Whoo!
Emaj7
Do the hustle!
F#m7
Do the hustle!
Emaj7
But it wasn't enough, baby.
F#m7
Because I needed cash. I needed
Db Abm/Cb
Money, money, money, mon-ey. Money!
Db Abm/Cb
Money, money, money, mon-ey
Db7
I was a bad girl. (toot, toot. Beep, beep)
Db7
Talking 'bout the sad girl. (toot, toot. Freak Out)
D Am/C
Mister Big Stuff. Who do you think you are?
D Am/C
Mister Big Stuff, You're never gonna get my love.
Eb Bbm/Db
But he did! He got my coat, He got my love,
Eb
He got my cousin pregnant,
Bbm/Db
And when I tried to throw him out baby,
You know what he did?
He whipped out this great big…
Ab
Shotgun.
Ab
Shoot him 'fore he runs, now.
Ab
Do the jerk, baby.
Ab
Do the jerk now.
E Bm7
Hey, I had nowhere to run to, baby.
E Bm7
Nowhere to hide.
F Cm7
I had nowhere to run to, baby.
F Cm7
Nowhere to hide
Until
F#
Hallelujah!
F#
Hallelujah!
F#
Hallelujah!
F#
Hallelujah!
F# A A6
Hallelu!
A A6 Amaj7 A6
Nothing you can say could tear me a-way
A A6
From my God.
Amaj7 A6
My God.
A A6 Amaj7 A6
Nothing you can do 'cause I'm stuck like glue
C#7
to my God
Bm E6 Bm7
He may not be a mov-ie star,
E6 Bm E6
But when it comes to being hap-py,
Bm7 E9
We are.
A F#7
There's not a man today
B7 D/E A A6
Who could take me a-way from my God.
Bm7
What'd you say?
C#m7 A F#7
There's not a man today
B7 E7
Who could take me a-way from…
A
I love Him. I love Him. I love Him.
Bb
I love Him. I love Him. I love Him.
F7sus
Whoo!
Bb
I will follow him,
Dm
Follow him wherever He may go.
Gm Dm
There isn't an ocean too deep,
Eb Cm7
A mountain so high it can keep,
F Bb Gm
Keep me a-way.
F Bb
A-way from his love.
F#7
Why?
B A
'cause we are family.
E G A
I got all my sisters with me.
B A
We are family.
Esus G A
Get up ev'ry body and sing.
B A
We are family.
E G A
I got all my sisters with me.
B A
We are family
Esus
Get up ev'ry body
G
Get up ev'ry body
B
Get up ev'ry body and sing!