Chords for Patti Labelle on Luther Vandross Funeral

[Bb] _ There are no sad faces here today. _
_ _ It's not a mournful service. _
[N] I'm celebrating _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm _ _ _ celebrating because Luther will want us [Bb] to _
No pity parties around here.
_ I got this dress made for Luther.
I could hardly walk up this step
It's too long, but he wanted me to look like this all the time _ so _ I
Talked to mom
Who is Mary Ida she said to me some years ago after my mother passed
Don't call me miss Fandros.
Don't call me Mary Ida.
I'm your mother
so she is my mother for 16 years and
Aunt Helen is my real aunt _ these ladies.
They've embraced me into their lives
_ I've always been in Luther's life
_ _ But when he
To two years ago when it happened I started
Taking care of my girlfriends my mother and my aunt and when I couldn't my friend Danielle triplet did
_ And Sarita and all of the family did so when she asked me
To first she asked me to sing then she said call me back.
No daughter.
I don't want you to sing
I want you to read a
poem that I wrote for Ronnie and
We all know who Ronnie is
So here's this big old piece of paper, honey
_ I'm gonna read mom and then she rehearsed me last night four times.
She said now that's good enough
She made me read in [Bbm] front of her _ [N] and then she treated me like a student and said that's not good enough
She said try a little more with a little more emotion the way you sing your songs, so I said okay mom
So the poem is written by Mary Ida
_ Vandross to her son
_ Ronnie _ the poem is entitled
You kept your promise
She _ said he never told her anything
If he said he was gonna bring her a dozen eggs at two o'clock on Tuesday two o'clock Tuesday
He would be there with those eggs
_ He was a wonderful man
_ So I'm gonna start reading now mom.
Okay?
_ _ alright
_ _ Ronnie
My son _ you kept your promise
you said you would protect me and
Keep me from harm _ as long as we lean on God's strong arms
You kept on believing
_ Then began [Bb] receiving because he hears every word
He knows our heart _
We thrive to be like God he keeps his promise
When we trust God
_ Nothing can harm us
You kept your promise _
Never to never never to cause me to cry
_ You said you take care of your mama till the day I die
_ You kept your promise
_ [N] This path you've taken _
It's not your choice darling
_ God gave you a talent a sound and a mighty mighty mighty mighty great voice
Who God gave you love to sing to the world?
Son you sang not sing or sang you sang _
gladly
_ _ Yes, you did
You sang gladly and the whole world heard
You brought out love and some
Joy and others and you truly made many happy mothers.
Oh god you did
_ So many people have babies because of Luther Vandross that's not in here, but I know that
You go boy
_ Then she says
Luther you gave the whole world what God gave you _ and she's talking about [Bbm] love love love
He gave so much love and now I know
[N] You're dancing with your father _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and then she says
Son you kept [Bb] your promise _ _ and then it says Marietta Vandross July 8
_ 2005 _ and then it went into I _ _ _ _ _
Don't feel
No
Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ you've come too far from where you _ started _ from
_ No, _ _ what _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ be easy _ _ I _ _
don't believe
_ He brought you this far.
No, I don't believe
_ He bought you this far I don't believe
_ He bought you this far
to leave you _ _ _ _ _ _