Chords for Chris Thomas King - Ghetto Child

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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] This one [Bb] goes out to [C] all [Dm] the youngsters around the [C] world [Bb] who may be feeling what I felt,
_ [C] like there's no way out.
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_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] But if you just believe, [Bb] _
then you're not alone.
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_ _ _ [Dm] Walking down the [C] streets on the avenue, [Bb] it's been a long cold [C] winter and I'm feeling blue.
[D] And my belly does a [C] hunger for something more than [Bb] holes in my shoe, more than holes in my shoe.
[A] The body's in a hurry to get to [Bb] nowhere, young child is [C] crying, her mother don't [A] care.
No milk in the bottle, but she gets well [Bb] fed for food.
_ _ [A] The world keeps [C] turning, but the fire's burning [Bb] out, I guess I'll take another [C] trip down to the rock [D] house.
The only place I go where everybody [Bb] knows my name.
_ [Dm] You know I feel so [C] high when I'm in bliss, [Bb] I would sell my soul [C] for just one more.
I'd [Dm] do anything [C] to escape this [Bb] pain, oh yeah.
_ [Dm] _ Yellow [F] child, you're not [Bb] alone, I'll carry [C] you when you're not [Dm] strong.
When darkness [C] comes, I'm gonna be your [Bb] light, everything's gonna be alright.
[Dm] Yellow [C] child, don't give [Bb] up, I feel your [C] pain, it goes down.
[Dm] Yellow child, [C] I hear you calling me, [Bb]
just believe and you will be.
[D] I'm a dot [G] rung and a daddy bell, [Bb] I spent most of my [C] years in and out of [A] jail.
But a little child left [Bb] behind, I never knew love, all I learned was crime.
[Dm] From the hustlers on the streets, [C] from the calio, [F] I never had [C] dreams, never had high [Dm] hopes.
A child is [C] born with a heart of gold, [Bb] but a crazy world turns his [Dm] heart so cold.
Yellow child, [C] you're not [Bb] alone, I'll carry [C] you when you're not [Dm] strong.
When darkness comes, [C] I'm gonna be your [Bb] light, everything's gonna be alright.
[Dm] Yellow child, [C] don't give [Bb] up, I feel your pain, [C] it goes down.
[Dm] Yellow child, [C] I hear you calling me, [Bb] just believe and you will be.
[Dm] I find the night [C] voices in my head, [Dm] they're telling me [C] that I'm better off [Dm] dead.
No more [C] worries and no more shame, no more hunger and no more pain.
[Dm] No way out [C] is how I feel, [Bb] every day I wake up, I [C] have to ride the steel.
[Dm] I take my 4-4 [C] to the liquor store, [Bb] bang bang.
Everybody down [Dm] on the floor, I catch [C] for my guns, [Bb] I'm better than a bag [C] bullet in my door.
I [Dm] don't care anymore [C] what happens to me, [Bb] because my life is gone and I wanna [Dm] be free.
Yellow child, [C] you're not alone, [Bb]
I'll carry you [C] when you're not [Dm] strong.
When darkness comes, [C] I'm gonna be your light, [Bb]
everything's gonna be alright.
[Dm] Yellow child, [C] don't give up, [Bb] I feel your pain, [C] it goes down.
[Dm] Yellow child, I [C] hear you calling me, [Bb] just believe and you will be.
[Dm] Yellow child, [C] you're not alone, [Bb]
I'll carry you [C] when you're not strong.
[Dm] When darkness comes, [C] I'm gonna be your light, [Bb]
everything's gonna be alright.
[Dm] Yellow child, [C] don't give up, [Bb] I feel your pain, [C] it goes down.
[Dm] Yellow child, I [C] hear you calling me, [Bb] just believe and you will be.
[Dm] Yellow child, [C] you're not alone, [Bb] I'll carry you [C] when you're not strong.
[Dm] When darkness comes, I'm gonna be your light, [Bb]
everything's gonna be [Dm] alright.
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