Chords for Gangsta's Paradise

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[Ab] As I walk through the valley [Fm] of the shadow of death, I [Em] take a look at my life [Cm] and realize [Gm] there's nothing [Ab] left
Cuz I've been blasting [Fm] and laughing [Ab] so long [G] that even my mama thinks [Eb] that my [G] mind is gone
[Ab] But I ain't never crossed a man [F] that didn't deserve it, [G] me be treated like a punk
[C] You know that's unheard [Ab] of, you better watch how [F] you're talking and where you're [G] walking
Or you and your [C] homies might be lying in chalk
[Ab] I really hate to trip, [Fm] but I gotta loaf, [G] as they croak I see myself [C] in the pistol smoke
[Ab] I'm the kind of cheetah [Fm] little homies wanna be [G] like on my knees in the night saying [Ab] prayers in the streetlight
This ain't no spin-off, [G] it's living in a [Cm] gangsta's paradise
[Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ [Cm] Look [Gm] _
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[Ab] at _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[Ab] the [F] situation they got me facing, I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state
[Ab] So I gotta be damned with the hood thing, too much television watching got me chasing dreams
I'm an educated [Fm] fool with money on my mind, [G] got my tin in my [C] hand and a gleam in my eye
[Ab] I'm a loafed out, [Fm] gangsta set, tripping banger, [G] and my homies is down [C] so don't arouse my anger
[Ab] Fool, death ain't nothing [F] but a heartbeat away, [G] I'm living life to a [C] dial, what can I say?
[Ab] I'm 23 now [F] but will I live to see [G] 24 the way things is going, [C] I don't know
[Ab] Tell me why [F] are we [G] so blind [C] to see [Ab] that the [Fm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[Ab] world is changing
This ain't no spin-off, [G] it's living in a [Cm] gangsta's paradise
[Ab] We've been [Bb] standing on [Fm] 10 lives, [G] living in a [Cm] [G] gangsta's paradise
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Power [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[Ab] and the [Fm] money, money and the [G] power, minute after minute, hour after [Ab] hour
Everybody's [F] running but half of them ain't looking, [G] what's going on in the kitchen?
[C] But I don't know what's [Ab] kicking, they say I got to [Fm] learn but nobody's here to teach [Bm] me
If they can't [C] understand it, how can they [Ab] teach me?
I guess they [F] think, I guess they won't, [G] I guess they front, that's why [C] I know my life is out of [Ab] love
Fool, we've been standing on 10 lives, [G] living in a gangsta's paradise
[Ab] We've been [Eb] standing on [G] 10 lives, living in a [Cm] gangsta's _
[Ab] paradise
_ [G] Tell _ [Cm] _ _
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[Ab] me why are [Fm] we [G] so blind [Cm] to [Gm] see [Ab] that the world _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [C] is [Ab] changing
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