Ghetto Child Chords by Curtis Mayfield

Tempo:
113.25 bpm
Chords used:

F#m

B

A

E

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Curtis Mayfield - Ghetto Child chords
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[F#m] [D#] [C#] [E] [D#m]
[A] [F] [C#] [F#m]
[A] [B] [G#] [F#m]
[A] [F#]
Little [C#m] child, [F#m] running wild, [B] [C#m] watch [Bm] her wild, [A] [B] [F#m] you'll see he never smiles.
[B] [F#m]
Broken [B] home, [C#] [E] [F#m] father gone, [A] [B] [C#m] [F#m] mama [B] tired, [Bm] [B] [F#m] soul is all alone.
[G#m] [E] [A]
Kinda sad, [Bm] [A] [F#m] kinda mad, [B] [C#] [A] little [D] child, [B] [F#m] thinking he's been had.
But I can just hear him in [E] the back of his mind saying, didn't [A] have to be here.
[D#] [E] You [F#] didn't have to love [A] for me, while I was just a nothing child.
[C#] [A] Why couldn't y'all just let me be, [D#] let me be, [F#] let me be, [F#m] let me be.
[E] [F#m]
[B]
[A#] [F#] [F#m]
[E] [F#m] [C] [F#m]
[G] [F#]
[B] [E] [A] [C] [Bm]
Little [A]
[B] [A] [D#] [A]
[B] child, [F#] [E] running wild, [A] [B] [A] watch her [D] wild, [B] [F#m] you'll see he never smiles.
[D#] [E] [F#m] Broken home, [B] [A] [F#m] daddy gone, [A] [B] mama tired, [D] [C#] [F#m] soul is all alone.
[B] [F#m] Kinda [B] sad, kinda mad, little [E] child, [D] [B] [F#m] thinking he's been had.
[B] But I can just hear him [F#m] in the back of his mind saying, didn't have to be here.
[B] [F] You [F#m] didn't have to love for me, [B] [E] while [D#m] I was just [F#m] a nothing child.
[E] [F] Why couldn't they just let me be, let me be, let me [E] be, [F#m] let me be.
[C#] [F#m]
[Cm] [F]
Key:  
F#m
123111112
B
12341112
A
1231
E
2311
C#
12341114
F#m
123111112
B
12341112
A
1231
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Curtis Mayfield - (Demo Version of Little Child Runnin Wild) Ghetto Child chords, practice playing D, B, F#m, B, E and D in sequence. Kick off your practice at a gentle 56 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 113 BPM. With A# Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[F#m] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ [E] _ [D#m] _
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [G#] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ Little [C#m] child, [F#m] running wild, _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ watch [Bm] her wild, [A] _ _ [B] _ [F#m] you'll see he never smiles.
_ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _
Broken [B] home, [C#] _ _ [E] [F#m] father gone, _ [A] _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] mama [B] tired, [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] soul is all alone.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A]
Kinda sad, [Bm] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] kinda mad, _ [B] _ [C#] _ [A] little [D] child, _ _ _ [B] [F#m] thinking he's been had.
But I can just hear him in [E] the back of his mind saying, didn't [A] have to be here.
_ [D#] _ [E] _ You [F#] didn't have to love [A] for me, _ while I was just a nothing child.
[C#] _ [A] Why couldn't y'all just let me be, [D#] let me be, [F#] let me be, [F#m] let me _ be.
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A#] _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ [C] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _
Little _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D#] _ [A] _
[B] child, _ [F#] _ [E] running wild, [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ watch her [D] wild, _ _ [B] _ [F#m] you'll see he never smiles.
_ _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] Broken home, [B] _ [A] _ [F#m] daddy gone, [A] _ _ _ _ [B] mama tired, [D] _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] soul is all alone.
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ Kinda [B] sad, _ _ kinda mad, little _ [E] _ _ _ child, [D] _ _ [B] _ [F#m] thinking he's been had.
[B] But I can just hear him [F#m] in the back of his mind saying, _ didn't have to be here.
[B] _ [F] _ You [F#m] didn't have to love for me, [B] _ [E] while [D#m] I was just [F#m] a nothing child.
_ [E] _ [F] Why couldn't they just let me be, let me be, let me [E] be, [F#m] let me be.
_ _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _

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