Chords for Gangsta's Paradise - Acoustic cover by Al Stone @ Le Bourg Lausanne - 2015

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[Am] _ [F] As I walk through the [Dm] valley of shadow and death, [E] I take a look at my life [Am] and realize
that there's nothing [F] left, without being [D] laughing and blasting so long.
[E] But even now I [Am] think that my mind is gone, [F] but I never trust a [D] man that didn't deserve [E] it.
He be treated like a [A] thorn, you know, that's [F] unheard of.
You better watch [D] how you're talking and the way you're [E] walking,
or you and your [Am] homies might be lying in shock.
[F] I really hate to [Dm] trip, but I gotta look [E] at the crocus, seek [Am] myself, and the pistol smoke.
[F] Well, I'm the kind of [Dm] G that all the homies wanna [E] be like.
Money's in the [Am] night, seen prayers in the [F] streetlights.
Been [Dm] spending all their [E] lives living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
[F] Been [Dm] spending all their [E] lives living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
[F] You got the [A] situation you got me facing.
[E] Well, I can't live a normal [Am] life.
I was raised by the [F] streets, so I gotta be down with the hood team.
[E] Too much television watching, got me chasing [F] dreams.
I'm an educated [Dm] fool with money on my [E] mind.
Got a 10 in [Am] my head and a gleam in [F] my eye.
I'm a look-a-dow [Dm] gangster, sad, tripping, [E] banging.
My homies [Am] around, so don't arouse [F] my anger, fool.
Ain't [Dm] nothing but a heartbeat [E] away.
I'm living life to the [Am] day.
What can [F] I say?
I'm [D] 23.
Will I live to ever see [E] 20, 40?
Wait, things [Am] going, I don't know.
[F] Tell me, why [Dm] are we [E] so [Am] blind to see
[F] that the ones we've [E] hurt are you and me?
Singing, been [Dm] spending all their [E] lives living in a gangster's [F] paradise.
Been [Dm] spending all their lives living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
Power and the money, money and [Em] the power.
Minute after minute, hour after [F] hour.
[Dm] Everybody's running, but I don't even [E] know what's going on.
I'm in the [A] kitchen, because I don't know what's [F] cooking.
You say, I gotta [A] learn.
Nobody's here to [E] teach me.
They can't [Am] understand.
How can I [F] reach me?
I guess they [A] can't.
I guess they won't.
[E] I guess they prone.
That's why [Am] I know my life is out of [F] luck, fool.
Been [Dm] spending all their [E] lives living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
[F] Been [Dm] spending all their lives [E] living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
[F] Keep spending [Dm] all their lives [E] living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
[F] Keep [Dm] spending all their lives living [E] in a gangster's [Am] paradise.
Tell me, why [D] are we [E] so blind [Am] to see that the [D] ones we've hurt are you [Am] and me?
Tell me, why [Dm] are we [E] so blind [Am] to see [F] that the ones [D] we've hurt [E] are you [Am] and me?
[F] Singing, been [A] spending all their lives [E] living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
[F] Been [D] spending all their lives [E] living in a gangster's paradise.
[F] Keep spending [Dm] all their lives [E] living in a [A] gangster's paradise.
[F] Keep [D] spending all their lives [E] living in a [Am] gangster's paradise.
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