#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:01:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Megan Moore Subject: r/raitt_bonnie/what_is_success.crd This is What Is Success from her 1974 album Streetlights by Bonnie Raitt. Words and music by Allen Toussaint. Intro: F7 Bb Ab F7 Bb Ab (F7) How...... (Bb) (Ab) does A (F7) one decide (Bb) (Ab) that the (F7) methods he's using (Bb) (Ab) they (F7) just won't jive. (Bb) (Ab) (Eb) truly believe (Bb) and (Eb) trying over (Bb) and over again (F7) (Bb) (Ab) (Eb) livin in (Bb) hopes, (Eb) that some (Bb) day he'll be in (C7)with the winners? When...should one change his mind and jump the fence, for the dollar sign? It's a sad thing, it's a bad thing but so necessary. That this cold world forced your values to become monetary. (C7) (F) (C7) CHORUS: (F7) Hmmmmm........ (Bb) (Ab) (F7) Tell me what I need is (Bb) success (Ab) Is it do your own thing, or to join the rest? Or should you truly believe or keep trying over and over again? Livin in hopes that someday you'll be the winners. F7: 131211 Bb: x13331 or 688766 Ab: 466544 Eb: x68886 or x 65343 C7: x323010 or x35353
