Ghetto Life Chords by Rick James

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_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] When I [G] was a young boy, growing up [C] in the ghetto, [G] hanging [Gm] out on corners, singing [C] with
the fellas, [F] looking for the [Gm] cute chicks, trying to [Em] find me big fun, [G] looking [Gm] for some trouble
for anyone [C] who'd give me [F] some.
I was [G] going crazy, _ _ [F] _ _ [G] didn't know what my life would be.
_ [C] _ _ [F] I was going [Gm] oh so lazy, [C] _ _ [G] something [Gm] had a spell on me.
[C] _ [F] You all know what I'm talking about.
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] You all know what I'm singing about.
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] When [F] I [Gm] was a young man, kind of [F] free and fancy,
[Gm] met this little cute girl, she said her [C] name was Nancy, [F] she had pigtails [Gm] to her shoulders,
she couldn't have been [C] much older.
[Gm] She taught me what I had to know to make a girl [C] not want
to go.
[F] She was young and sneaky, [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] she laid her pigtails down on me, [C] _ [F] and I was young and
oh [G] so sneaky.
[C] _ _ Had to see what love would be.
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[C] Knew it all along, the game was [Dm] strong, [G] _ _ but
[F] I was wrong that time. _
[C] I knew I had to play, and get this [Bb] one [G] right.
Did you think I was
man [Em] enough?
Did you think I was smart [Gm] enough?
Did you think I was strong [C] enough?
Did you
think I was?
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ I'm a ghetto _ [G] fly.
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[G] I'm a _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ _ [C] ghetto _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ [G] fly.
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[F] _ [G] I'm _ a [F] _ _
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_ ghetto fly.
I'm a ghetto fly.
I'm a [Am] ghetto fly.
[G] I'm _
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[C] _ _ _ _ a ghetto _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] fly.
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