Chords for Donny Hathaway - Little Ghetto Boy - Bass Cover with Tab
Tempo:
96.85 bpm
Chords used:
C#m
F#m
E
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#m] This ghetto [C#m] boy, laying [F#m] in the ghetto street.
[C#]
[F#m] What you gonna do when you grow [C#] up?
Have to [F#m] face responsibility.
[C#m]
Will [F#m] you spend your days and nights in [C#m] the pool room?
Will you sell cans of [A] madness to the neighborhood [F#m] ghetto boy?
[B]
[E] You already know [C#m] how rough life [F#m] can be.
[Bm] Don't you see?
[C#m]
So much [F#m] pain and misery.
Little ghetto boy, [C#m]
[F#] your daddy was blown away.
[C#m]
[E] He [F#] robbed at your grocery store.
[C#m]
Don't you
[F#m] That was a sad, sad old day.
[C] [F#m] [B] All of your young life you've [C#m] seen such a misery and [F#m] pain.
[F#] Well, it's a fool's age [C#m] to live and it ain't [F#m] gonna [B] change.
[E] You're so young, [C#m] you got so far to [F#m] go.
[Bm]
Don't think you'll reach your goal, young [F#m] man.
[G#m] [B] [E]
[B] [E] [C#]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [C#]
[F#]
Little ghetto boy, [C#m] when, [F#m] when, when you become a [C#m]
man,
[F#m] you can make things [C#m] change.
Hey, hey, [F#m] if you just take a [C#m] stand,
[C] [F#m] you got to [E] believe in yourself [C#m] and all you'll do is [B] get [C#m]
better.
[F#m] [E] You see, [C#m] how others will start believing too.
[B] And my [E] son, I think we'll [F#m] start to get [B] better.
[A]
[Bm] [E] We got to [C#m] get better.
[B] Yeah, [E] we got to [C#m] get better.
I [Bm] said, everything got to [C#m]
[Bm] get better.
[E] [C#m]
I [Bm] didn't try, but I [F#] believe that there may [C#m] be better.
[Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] [B] [E]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [C#m]
[A] [B] [E]
[F#m] [Bm] [E] [C#m]
[Bm] [E] [C#m]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [F#] [E] Let's break down the [C#m] walls.
[Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] Everything I [Bm] got is going [E] to get better.
[F#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah, yeah, [C#] yeah.
[F#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#m] This ghetto [C#m] boy, laying [F#m] in the ghetto street.
[C#]
[F#m] What you gonna do when you grow [C#] up?
Have to [F#m] face responsibility.
[C#m]
Will [F#m] you spend your days and nights in [C#m] the pool room?
Will you sell cans of [A] madness to the neighborhood [F#m] ghetto boy?
[B]
[E] You already know [C#m] how rough life [F#m] can be.
[Bm] Don't you see?
[C#m]
So much [F#m] pain and misery.
Little ghetto boy, [C#m]
[F#] your daddy was blown away.
[C#m]
[E] He [F#] robbed at your grocery store.
[C#m]
Don't you
[F#m] That was a sad, sad old day.
[C] [F#m] [B] All of your young life you've [C#m] seen such a misery and [F#m] pain.
[F#] Well, it's a fool's age [C#m] to live and it ain't [F#m] gonna [B] change.
[E] You're so young, [C#m] you got so far to [F#m] go.
[Bm]
Don't think you'll reach your goal, young [F#m] man.
[G#m] [B] [E]
[B] [E] [C#]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [C#]
[F#]
Little ghetto boy, [C#m] when, [F#m] when, when you become a [C#m]
man,
[F#m] you can make things [C#m] change.
Hey, hey, [F#m] if you just take a [C#m] stand,
[C] [F#m] you got to [E] believe in yourself [C#m] and all you'll do is [B] get [C#m]
better.
[F#m] [E] You see, [C#m] how others will start believing too.
[B] And my [E] son, I think we'll [F#m] start to get [B] better.
[A]
[Bm] [E] We got to [C#m] get better.
[B] Yeah, [E] we got to [C#m] get better.
I [Bm] said, everything got to [C#m]
[Bm] get better.
[E] [C#m]
I [Bm] didn't try, but I [F#] believe that there may [C#m] be better.
[Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] [B] [E]
[C#m] [Bm] [E] [C#m]
[A] [B] [E]
[F#m] [Bm] [E] [C#m]
[Bm] [E] [C#m]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [F#] [E] Let's break down the [C#m] walls.
[Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] Everything I [Bm] got is going [E] to get better.
[F#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah, yeah, [C#] yeah.
[F#]
Key:
C#m
F#m
E
B
Bm
C#m
F#m
E
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#m] This ghetto _ [C#m] boy, _ _ laying [F#m] in the ghetto street.
_ _ [C#] _ _
_ [F#m] What you gonna do when you grow [C#] up?
Have to [F#m] face responsibility.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
Will [F#m] you spend your days and nights in [C#m] the pool room?
_ Will you sell cans of [A] madness to the neighborhood [F#m] ghetto boy?
_ [B] _
[E] You already know [C#m] how rough life [F#m] can be.
[Bm] Don't you see?
_ [C#m] _
So much [F#m] pain and misery. _ _
_ _ _ Little ghetto boy, _ [C#m] _
_ [F#] your daddy was blown away.
[C#m] _
_ [E] He [F#] robbed at your grocery store.
[C#m] _
Don't you_
[F#m] That was a sad, sad old day.
_ [C] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] All of your young life you've [C#m] seen such a misery and [F#m] pain.
[F#] Well, it's a fool's age [C#m] to live and it ain't [F#m] gonna [B] change.
[E] You're so young, [C#m] you got so far to [F#m] go.
_ _ [Bm]
Don't think you'll reach your goal, young [F#m] man. _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Little ghetto boy, [C#m] _ when, [F#m] when, when you become a [C#m]
man,
_ [F#m] you can make things [C#m] change.
_ Hey, hey, [F#m] if you just take a [C#m] stand,
_ [C] _ [F#m] you got to [E] believe in yourself [C#m] and all you'll do is [B] get _ _ [C#m]
better.
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] You see, [C#m] how others will start believing too.
[B] And my [E] son, I think we'll [F#m] start to get [B] better.
_ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] We got to [C#m] get better.
_ [B] Yeah, [E] we got to [C#m] get better.
I [Bm] said, everything got to [C#m] _
_ _ [Bm] get better.
[E] _ _ [C#m] _
I [Bm] didn't try, but I [F#] believe that there may [C#m] be better.
_ _ [Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] Let's break down the [C#m] walls.
_ [Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] Everything I [Bm] got is going [E] to get better.
[F#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah, yeah, [C#] yeah. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#m] This ghetto _ [C#m] boy, _ _ laying [F#m] in the ghetto street.
_ _ [C#] _ _
_ [F#m] What you gonna do when you grow [C#] up?
Have to [F#m] face responsibility.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
Will [F#m] you spend your days and nights in [C#m] the pool room?
_ Will you sell cans of [A] madness to the neighborhood [F#m] ghetto boy?
_ [B] _
[E] You already know [C#m] how rough life [F#m] can be.
[Bm] Don't you see?
_ [C#m] _
So much [F#m] pain and misery. _ _
_ _ _ Little ghetto boy, _ [C#m] _
_ [F#] your daddy was blown away.
[C#m] _
_ [E] He [F#] robbed at your grocery store.
[C#m] _
Don't you_
[F#m] That was a sad, sad old day.
_ [C] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] All of your young life you've [C#m] seen such a misery and [F#m] pain.
[F#] Well, it's a fool's age [C#m] to live and it ain't [F#m] gonna [B] change.
[E] You're so young, [C#m] you got so far to [F#m] go.
_ _ [Bm]
Don't think you'll reach your goal, young [F#m] man. _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Little ghetto boy, [C#m] _ when, [F#m] when, when you become a [C#m]
man,
_ [F#m] you can make things [C#m] change.
_ Hey, hey, [F#m] if you just take a [C#m] stand,
_ [C] _ [F#m] you got to [E] believe in yourself [C#m] and all you'll do is [B] get _ _ [C#m]
better.
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] You see, [C#m] how others will start believing too.
[B] And my [E] son, I think we'll [F#m] start to get [B] better.
_ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] We got to [C#m] get better.
_ [B] Yeah, [E] we got to [C#m] get better.
I [Bm] said, everything got to [C#m] _
_ _ [Bm] get better.
[E] _ _ [C#m] _
I [Bm] didn't try, but I [F#] believe that there may [C#m] be better.
_ _ [Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] Let's break down the [C#m] walls.
_ [Bm] Everything [E] is got to [C#m] get better.
[F#m] Everything I [Bm] got is going [E] to get better.
[F#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [B] yeah, yeah, yeah, [C#] yeah. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _