Chords for Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

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[Ab] As I walk through the valley [Bb] of the shadow of death, I [G] take a look at my life and [Eb] realize there's nothing left
[Ab] Cause I've been blasting [Bb] and laughing so long [G] that even my mama thinks [Eb] that my mind is gone
But [Ab] I ain't never crossed a man [F] that didn't deserve it
[G] Me be treated like a punk, [C] you know that's unheard [Ab] of
You better watch how you're [F] talking and where you're walking
[G] Or you and your homies [C] might be lying in chalk
[Ab] I really hate to trip, [F] but I gotta look
[G] As they croak, I see myself [C] in the pistol smoke, [Ab] fool
I'm the kind of cheater [F] little homies wanna be like
[G] On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the [Ab] streetlight
Been [Bb] spending most days I was [G] living in a [Eb] desolate state
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[Ab] Look at the situation [F] they got me facing
[G] I can't live a normal life, [C] I was raised by the s-
[Ab] So I gotta be damn [F] with the hood team
[Gb] Too much television watching got me chasing [Ab] dreams
I'm an educated fool [F] with money on my mind
[G] Got my tin in my [C] hand and the gleam in my eye
[Ab] I'm a low-down, [F] sex-tripping banger
[G] And my homies is down so [C] don't arouse my anger
[Ab] Fool, death ain't nothing [F] but a heartbeat away
[G] I'm living life to a die
[C] What can I say?
[Ab] I'm 23 now [F] but will I live to see [G] 24?
The way things is going [C] I don't know
Tell [Ab] me why [F] _ [G] so blind [C] to see _
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[Ab] I'm [Bb] spending most of my hours [G] living in the desert
[Eb] I'm _
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[Ab] tired [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [Cm] of _
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[Ab] power and the money, [F] money and the power
[G] Minute after [C] minute, hour after hour
[Ab] Everybody's running [F] but half of them ain't looking
[G] What's going on in the kitchen?
[C] But I don't know what's hittin'
[Ab] They say I got to learn [F] but nobody's here to teach [G] me
If they can't [C] understand it, how can they teach [Ab] me?
I guess they [F] can't, I guess they won't, I [G] guess they front
That's why [C] I know my life is out of luck, [Ab] fool
[Bb] Spending most of my hours [G] living in the [Eb] desert
I'm [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] tired of power and the money, [Cm] _ _
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[Ab] money and the power
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