Bronx Poem Chords by Dion

[N] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ I was born in the Bronx on a strong day I guess you can say _
_ _ _ The beat, [Em] the street, the street corner sound The singing in the moonlight [Am] _
with pure might
[C] _ _ _ _
[D] Harmonies tight _ _ _ in [G] Florida _ We can fight, [Em] we got heart, _ _ Florida balls _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Yo, when I'm inside a song I'm strong I can't [D] go wrong, it's where [Em] I belong _ _ _
Come along, it's good, it's bad [Gm] Who said it was perfect?
Only [D] God is perfect
Only God [Em] is good _ _ _ _ [C] Man, he blessed me beyond my wildest dreams
I can sing [Bm] from the highest mountain I can sing [Em] from the highest rooftop
I'm talking life, [C] I'm talking beauty, _ [D] truth, _ love, _ hate, _ scamming, lying, [G] dying
Yo, life is hard, _ [E] _ _
_ but life is the [D] art It's _ better to be [G] clean than to be clever _
_ _ _ [Em] Cleaner soul, that is
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] My God is the creator, not a [D] dictator
_ _ [C] _ He's a life [Em]-giving lover _ _ My father, no other
My [C] brother, my best [Am] friend Never [G] lied to me, even [D] died for me
Life [C] is good _ _ We're talking you
We're talking sweet Sue We're talking virtue
We're talking faith, hope, love, wisdom, _ _ _ courage, honesty, _ patience
[G] _ Then there's blue skies [Em] There's miracles
[C] There's families [D] and babies _ [C] Crazies, changes you won't believe
I [G] got aces up my sleeve _ _ _
[D] And God keeps blessing me, in [Em] spite of me
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
He's the best _ If I didn't know me, I'd be impressed _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ I don't want to underestimate what he can do in my [D] life
He gave me [Em] you in my life _ _ [Am] He brought me through all [C] this strife
_ [G] _ _
Everybody here, we've been through it all [D]
Real joy, _ closeness, distance, journey, the ups,
the downs, [Em] the issues, the [C] tissues, the drugs, the thugs, the drinking, [D] the stinking, thinking,
throw up, grow up, _ tears, fears, [A]
torn, worn, reborn
_ Yo, _ [G] hallelujah _ I've _ _ never been the same
_ _ [D] Took away my shame I used to [E] play the blame game
_ _ How lame _ _ Man, [C] I got a wife who drives [G] me sane _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Here I am, authentic, [E] _ genuine, a truth teller, no bullshit, [C]
don't have a fit
[G] God's on his throne He's in control _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Heroes, villains, king, _ queens, saints, sinners, James Dean, Norma Jean, vanilla [G] ice cream
_ Elvis, Buddy, Hank, _ honky-tonk, [C] blues, _ guitars, cars, _ [D] bars _
_ Yo, [Dm] stand proud, rock [Am] loud, doo-wop, _ bebop, rock and roll, good for the soul _ _ _ _
_ [Em] The Yankees, _ _ JFK, I did it my [D] way Rock and roll is here to stay, ain't that the [Em] truth? _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Martin Luther King, _ _ say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't [D] be mean
_ I have a dream He _ _ paid his [Em] dues _ _ _
King of the Delta Blues _ _ [F#m]
Elvis [G] Aaron Presley _ _ [D] _
played that thing
_ _ Rock [Em] and roll king _ I ride with the king of kings
[C] _ He brought me through, [D] _
thanks to you, and you, and you
_ _ _ [G] Man, I'm glad we got each other [C] No doubt about that, that's where it's [Em] at _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] With great love and affection, [D] _ _ _
_ _ the kid from the Bronx, [C] Ravon
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