Ghetto Child Chords by The Spinners
Tempo:
116.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[Em] [D]
[C]
[F]
[C] When [F] I was 17, [Dm] I ran away from home and [Gm] from everything [C] I had ever known.
[Am] I was sick and tired, [Dm] living in a town filled with narrow minds [Gm] and hate.
[Bb]
[D] They used to laugh [F] at me, [D] their children called me lame, [Gm] I would run and [Bb] hide.
[G] Feeling so ashamed just [Am] for being born.
[Dm] I was just a boy, punished for a crime that [Bb] was [D] not [A] mine.
[Bb] Life ain't [C] so easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [C] child.
Oh baby, [F] life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A] child.
[Dm] No one tried [Gm] to understand, [Dm] how forgive a [Gm] physical man [Bb] could do.
[Gm]
[F]
[C] A child's reality [F] is [Dm] paid for by folks' fancy [Gm] fairy tales.
[C] All born and sold by those who [Am] can't well afford.
[Dm]
Time to make believe childhood dreams can still come true.
Ah, [Bb] so I [F] do my moving, [Dm] traveling all around, guess it ain't my style.
[G] Living just one kind, still [Am] I'll never know.
[Dm] Why a child is blamed, ridiculed and shamed, [F] we're [Bb] all [A] the same.
[F] Life ain't so [C]
easy [Dm] when you're [Bb] a ghetto [C]
child.
I'm a witness that [G] life ain't so easy [Dm] when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A]
child.
[Dm] Yeah, [Gm]
[Dm] ooo,
[Gm] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[C]
yeah.
[Gm] [F]
[Bb] Life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [C] child.
Oh baby, life [F] ain't so easy when you're a ghetto [C] child.
[F] Life ain't [D] so easy when you're [Bb] a ghetto [Gm]
[C] child.
Life can be [F] tough [D] but go [Bb] with the [E] tide.
[C] Yeah, nothing [F] ever is [C]
[D] perfect but things gotta [Bb] change.
[C]
Things gotta change, gotta [F] change, yeah.
Life ain't so easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto child.
[C] [F]
[Gm] [G]
[N]
[Em] [D]
[C]
[F]
[C] When [F] I was 17, [Dm] I ran away from home and [Gm] from everything [C] I had ever known.
[Am] I was sick and tired, [Dm] living in a town filled with narrow minds [Gm] and hate.
[Bb]
[D] They used to laugh [F] at me, [D] their children called me lame, [Gm] I would run and [Bb] hide.
[G] Feeling so ashamed just [Am] for being born.
[Dm] I was just a boy, punished for a crime that [Bb] was [D] not [A] mine.
[Bb] Life ain't [C] so easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [C] child.
Oh baby, [F] life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A] child.
[Dm] No one tried [Gm] to understand, [Dm] how forgive a [Gm] physical man [Bb] could do.
[Gm]
[F]
[C] A child's reality [F] is [Dm] paid for by folks' fancy [Gm] fairy tales.
[C] All born and sold by those who [Am] can't well afford.
[Dm]
Time to make believe childhood dreams can still come true.
Ah, [Bb] so I [F] do my moving, [Dm] traveling all around, guess it ain't my style.
[G] Living just one kind, still [Am] I'll never know.
[Dm] Why a child is blamed, ridiculed and shamed, [F] we're [Bb] all [A] the same.
[F] Life ain't so [C]
easy [Dm] when you're [Bb] a ghetto [C]
child.
I'm a witness that [G] life ain't so easy [Dm] when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A]
child.
[Dm] Yeah, [Gm]
[Dm] ooo,
[Gm] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[C]
yeah.
[Gm] [F]
[Bb] Life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [C] child.
Oh baby, life [F] ain't so easy when you're a ghetto [C] child.
[F] Life ain't [D] so easy when you're [Bb] a ghetto [Gm]
[C] child.
Life can be [F] tough [D] but go [Bb] with the [E] tide.
[C] Yeah, nothing [F] ever is [C]
[D] perfect but things gotta [Bb] change.
[C]
Things gotta change, gotta [F] change, yeah.
Life ain't so easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto child.
[C] [F]
[Gm] [G]
[N]
Key:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
C
Bb
F
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] When [F] I was 17, _ [Dm] I ran away from home and [Gm] from everything _ _ [C] I had ever known.
[Am] I was sick and tired, [Dm] living in a town filled with narrow minds [Gm] and hate.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [D] They used to laugh [F] at me, [D] their children called me lame, [Gm] I would run and [Bb] hide.
[G] Feeling so ashamed just [Am] for being born.
[Dm] I was just a boy, punished for a crime that _ [Bb] was [D] not _ [A] mine.
_ [Bb] Life ain't [C] so easy when [Bb] you're a _ ghetto [C] _ child.
Oh baby, [F] life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A] child. _ _
[Dm] _ No one tried [Gm] to _ understand, _ [Dm] how forgive a [Gm] physical man [Bb] could do.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] A child's reality [F] _ is [Dm] paid for by folks' fancy [Gm] fairy _ tales.
[C] All born and sold by those who [Am] can't well afford.
_ [Dm]
Time to make believe childhood dreams can still come true.
Ah, [Bb] _ _ so I [F] do my moving, _ _ [Dm] traveling all around, guess it ain't my style.
[G] Living just one kind, still [Am] I'll never know.
[Dm] Why a child is blamed, ridiculed and shamed, [F] we're [Bb] all [A] the _ _ same.
[F] Life ain't so [C]
easy [Dm] when you're [Bb] a _ ghetto [C]
child.
I'm a witness that [G] life ain't so easy [Dm] when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A]
child.
_ _ [Dm] Yeah, _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Dm] ooo, _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
yeah.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a _ ghetto [C] child.
Oh baby, life [F] ain't so easy when you're a _ ghetto _ [C] child.
_ _ [F] Life ain't [D] so easy when you're [Bb] a ghetto _ [Gm] _
[C] child.
Life can be [F] tough _ [D] but go [Bb] with the _ _ [E] tide.
[C] Yeah, _ nothing [F] ever is [C] _
[D] perfect but things gotta [Bb] change.
_ _ [C]
Things gotta change, gotta [F] change, yeah.
Life ain't so easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto child.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] When [F] I was 17, _ [Dm] I ran away from home and [Gm] from everything _ _ [C] I had ever known.
[Am] I was sick and tired, [Dm] living in a town filled with narrow minds [Gm] and hate.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [D] They used to laugh [F] at me, [D] their children called me lame, [Gm] I would run and [Bb] hide.
[G] Feeling so ashamed just [Am] for being born.
[Dm] I was just a boy, punished for a crime that _ [Bb] was [D] not _ [A] mine.
_ [Bb] Life ain't [C] so easy when [Bb] you're a _ ghetto [C] _ child.
Oh baby, [F] life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A] child. _ _
[Dm] _ No one tried [Gm] to _ understand, _ [Dm] how forgive a [Gm] physical man [Bb] could do.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] A child's reality [F] _ is [Dm] paid for by folks' fancy [Gm] fairy _ tales.
[C] All born and sold by those who [Am] can't well afford.
_ [Dm]
Time to make believe childhood dreams can still come true.
Ah, [Bb] _ _ so I [F] do my moving, _ _ [Dm] traveling all around, guess it ain't my style.
[G] Living just one kind, still [Am] I'll never know.
[Dm] Why a child is blamed, ridiculed and shamed, [F] we're [Bb] all [A] the _ _ same.
[F] Life ain't so [C]
easy [Dm] when you're [Bb] a _ ghetto [C]
child.
I'm a witness that [G] life ain't so easy [Dm] when [Bb] you're a ghetto [A]
child.
_ _ [Dm] Yeah, _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Dm] ooo, _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
yeah.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Life ain't so [C] easy when [Bb] you're a _ ghetto [C] child.
Oh baby, life [F] ain't so easy when you're a _ ghetto _ [C] child.
_ _ [F] Life ain't [D] so easy when you're [Bb] a ghetto _ [Gm] _
[C] child.
Life can be [F] tough _ [D] but go [Bb] with the _ _ [E] tide.
[C] Yeah, _ nothing [F] ever is [C] _
[D] perfect but things gotta [Bb] change.
_ _ [C]
Things gotta change, gotta [F] change, yeah.
Life ain't so easy when [Bb] you're a ghetto child.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _