Soulsville by Isaac Hayes from Shaft (Music From The Soundtrack) Chords

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the way it's supposed [Bbm] to be.
Shades that [Bb] binds him are hard to [Bbm] see, unless you [Bb] take this
walk with [Gm] me.
_ [Cm] Place where he [Gm] lives, got [Cm] plenty of names.
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Slums, [Cm] ghetto, and black [Gm] belt.
They
are [F] one and the same, but I [Bb] call it home.
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Any kind of job is hard to [Bbm] find.
That means
an [Bb] increase in the welfare [Bbm] line.
Crime [Bb] rate is rising too.
If you were hungry, what would
you do?
[Gm] _
Red is [Cm] two months past due, _ [Gm]
and a building is [Cm] falling apart.
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Little boy [Cm] needs
a pair of shoes, _ [Gm]
and this is [F] only a part [Bb] of society. _ _ _ _ _
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Society is a place where the rich
are poor.
Some of the brothers got plenty of [Bbm] cash.
Tricks on the [Bb] corner, gonna see to
that.
Some like to smoke, and some like to blow.
Some are even strung out on a $50 [Gm] joke.
Some are [Cm] trying to ditch reality [Gm] _
by [Cm] getting so high.
[Gm] _
Only [Cm] to find out [Gm] _
you can [F] never be
free.
You gotta touch the sky, [Bb] cuz your roots are in it. _ _ _ _
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Every Sunday morning, I can hear
the old sister [Eb] say, _ _ [Bb] trust _ in the Lord.
_ I [Gm] _
_ [Cm] hope that you hear the [Gm] prayers.
Those deep in [Cm] our
So they believe [Gm] _
_ [Cm] someday he'll put an [Gm] end to all [F] this misery that we're having.
_ _ [Bb] Oh yeah. _ _
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