Ghetto Child Chords by The Spinners

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
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[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ _ I ran [Dm] away from home and [Gm] from everything _ _ I had ever known.
I [Am] was sick and tired, [Dm] living in a [F] town filled [Dm] with narrow [Gm] minds and _ heads.
_ _ _ They used to laugh [F] at me, [Dm] their children called me names, [Gm] I would run and hide.
_ Feeling [F] so [Gm] ashamed [Am] just for being born.
[Dm] I was just [Am] a boy [Dm] punished for a [F] crime that [Bb] _ was [Dm] not [A] mine.
_ _ [F] Life ain't [C] so easy when you're [Bb] a _ _ [Gm] ghetto [C] child.
Oh [Bb] baby, [F] life ain't [C] so easy when [Bb] you're a _ _ [A] ghetto child.
_ _ [Dm] _ No one tried [Gm] to _ understand [Dm] _ _ how a little [Gm] bit of man could do. _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ A child's [F] reality _ is paid for [Dm] by folks' fancy [Gm] fairy tales.
All born and sold by those [Am] who can't well afford.
Time [Dm] to make believe, childhood dreams can still [Bb] come true. _
Ah, _ _ so [F] I've been wondering, _ _ traveling [Dm] all around, guess it ain't my style,
to [Gm] live in just one town.
[Am] Still I'll never _ know [Dm] why a child is blamed, ridiculed and shamed.
We're [Bb] all the [A] _
_ same.
[Bb] [F] Life ain't [C] so easy when you're [Bb] a _ _ [C] ghetto child.
I'm a witness [Bb] that [F] life ain't [C] so easy [Dm] when [Bb] you're a [Gm] ghetto [A] _
child.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Yeah.
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _
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[F] Life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a _ [Gm] ghetto [C] child.
Oh [Bb] baby, [F] life ain't so [C] easy [Dm] [C] when [Bb] you're a _ [Gm] ghetto [C] child.
_ _ [Bb]
[Dm] Life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a [Gm] ghetto [C] _ child.
Life can [Bb] be [F] rough, _ _ [C] _ but [Bb] going is _ _ [Gm] tough.
[C] _ _ And, [Bb] but [F] remember, _ _ [C] _ things [Bb] gotta change.
[Gm] _ _ [C] Things gotta change, [Bb] gotta [F] change, yeah.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _