Ghetto Of My Mind Chords by Rickie Lee Jones

Tempo:
145.15 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

E

F#m

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ghetto Of My Mind chords
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[A] You
[D] [Bm] know [E]
[A] I love you.
[D] [B]
[E] [A] Say that no, [B] my [D] mind will [A] always belong.
[D] [E]
[A] So I can [D] go out riding with you, [E] [A] down on Hollywood Boulevard.
I [D] [E]
[A]
take [Bm] no [D] drugs, no drugs, [A] that's their world.
[D] Oh no, that's her [E] day.
[A] But I still have [D] that leopard skin hat [E] that you gave me way back [A] before I was gone.
[D] And they took it to [E]
[C#m] school, yeah, [A] out in the ghetto.
[F#] [D] [D#]
[E] [A] Yeah, [F#] together, mama.
[D] [E]
[C#] Yeah, [A] yeah, together.
[F#]
[D] [C#]
[E] Yeah, [A] together.
[F#] [D] [E]
[B] Hey, [A] we're wildin',
[F#m] yeah, [D] we're [E] wildin'.
[F#m] Come to me, we're wildin', wildin'.
Come on, [D] baby, wildin', [B]
[A] wildin'.
I like to dance with [Bm] my roomie.
[D] Because when we dance, it [A] feels like [C#] we're in [A] a movie.
[D] You [E] know what I mean?
[A] He puts his arms around me and I [D] put my arms around him.
[E]
Oh, [A] I [B] feel so, so free.
[D] [E]
[A] [E] [A] One night I tied my [B] bandana around his wrist.
[D]
And we started to [A] sway.
This is [D] so good.
[E]
[A] Look at here, mama, look at here.
[D] [E] I think I better just see [A] simply out of the neighborhood.
[D] Yeah, [E] that is the place.
[A] Together,
[D] [E] yeah, yeah.
[A] Yeah, [F#m] that's the way it [D] is, mama.
[E]
[A] Yeah, yeah, together.
[F#]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] Yeah, [F#]
[A] together, [D] oh, mama.
[Bm] [E]
You [B] know we're [F#m] wildin', wildin', [D] wildin', [B] wildin', wildin'.
[A] We're wildin', [F#m]
we're [D] wildin', [E] we're [F#m] wildin', wildin'. Hey, sir.
[B] Are you in the car?
[A]
[B]
[A] Inside my window, [B] the noise [D]
is all [A] I've got.
[D] There are no [E]
stars in my sky.
[A]
Just [D] the sirens of Queens [E]
breaking glass down [A] in their parking lot.
And [D] that's [Bm] the world where I [E] go.
[A] [E] Sometimes [F#m] I wonder, [Bm] oh, how [D] can [A] I go [B] on?
[F#m] But [D]
[E] I [A]
know that the world [D] is making sound in your head.
[E] [A] That's the one you see around you.
That's what I see.
[B] [D] Yeah, but the one you see is [E] the one that you make.
[A] Inside of the ghetto.
[F#] [D] [D#]
[E] Yeah, [A]
the [F#m] ghetto.
[D]
[E] [A]
The ghetto, [F#] [A] [D]
[E] [A] yeah.
[F#m] The ghetto.
[D]
[E] Hey, come on now.
We're [F#m]
[D] wildin', [B] wildin', [A] wildin', wildin', wildin', [F#m] wildin', [A]
wildin'.
I'm a wild, [D] wild, [F#] wild, wild, [A] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild,
[F#m] [C#m]
[E] wild, [G#m]
wild, wild,
[A]
[F#m] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, [D] wild, [B]
[E] [A]
wild, [F#m] [D] [E] wild, [C#] [A]
[F#m] [D] [C#m]
[E] wild, [A]
[F#m] wild, [Bm] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild,
[E] [F#m] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, [A] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, [B] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
F#m
123111112
B
12341112
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
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To learn Rickie Lee Jones - Ghetto Of My Mind chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - F#m, D, E, A, F#m and E. Start with a comfortable 72 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 145. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: D Major.

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_ _ [A] _ _ _ You _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Bm] know _ [E] _
_ _ [A] I love you. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ Say that no, [B] my [D] mind will _ _ [A] always belong. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ So I can [D] go out riding with you, [E] _ _ _ [A] down on Hollywood Boulevard.
I [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ take [Bm] no _ [D] drugs, no drugs, [A] that's their world. _
_ _ [D] Oh no, that's her [E] day.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ But I still have [D] that leopard skin hat [E] that you gave me way back [A] _ before I was gone.
[D] And they took it to [E]
[C#m] school, yeah, [A] out in the ghetto.
[F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] Yeah, _ _ [F#] together, mama.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [C#] Yeah, [A] _ yeah, together.
[F#] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [E] Yeah, [A] _ _ _ together.
[F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
[B] Hey, _ [A] we're wildin', _ _
[F#m] _ yeah, [D] we're _ _ [E] wildin'.
[F#m] Come to me, we're wildin', wildin'.
Come on, [D] baby, wildin', [B] _ _
[A] wildin'.
_ _ _ _ I like to dance with [Bm] my roomie.
_ [D] Because when we dance, it [A] feels like [C#] we're in [A] a movie.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ You [E] know what I mean?
_ _ [A] _ _ He puts his arms around me and I [D] put my arms around him.
[E] _
_ Oh, [A] I [B] feel so, so free.
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [A] One night I tied my [B] bandana around his wrist.
_ [D]
And we started to [A] sway. _ _ _
This is [D] so good.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Look at here, mama, look at here.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] I think I better just see [A] simply out of the neighborhood.
_ _ _ [D] Yeah, _ [E] that is the place.
[A] Together, _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] yeah, _ yeah.
[A] Yeah, _ _ [F#m] that's the way it [D] is, mama.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] Yeah, _ yeah, together.
[F#] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ Yeah, _ [F#] _
[A] together, [D] oh, mama.
[Bm] _ _ [E]
You [B] know we're [F#m] wildin', _ _ wildin', _ [D] _ wildin', [B] wildin', wildin'.
_ _ [A] We're wildin', [F#m] _ _
_ we're [D] _ wildin', [E] we're [F#m] wildin', _ _ _ wildin'. Hey, sir.
_ [B] Are you in the car? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Inside my window, [B] the noise [D] _
is all [A] I've got. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ There are no [E]
stars in my sky.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
Just [D] the sirens of Queens [E]
breaking glass down [A] in their parking lot.
_ And [D] that's [Bm] the world where I [E] go.
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] Sometimes [F#m] I _ wonder, _ [Bm] oh, how [D] _ can [A] I go [B] on?
_ [F#m] _ But [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ I _ [A] _ _ _
know that the world [D] is making sound in your head.
_ [E] _ [A] That's the one you see around you.
That's what I see.
[B] _ [D] Yeah, but the one you see is [E] the one that you make.
_ [A] Inside of the ghetto.
[F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [E] _ _ Yeah, [A] _ _
the [F#m] ghetto.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
The ghetto, [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] yeah. _ _
[F#m] The ghetto.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [E] Hey, come on now.
We're _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] wildin', [B] wildin', _ [A] wildin', wildin', _ _ wildin', [F#m] _ _ wildin', _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ wildin'. _ _
I'm a wild, _ _ [D] wild, [F#] wild, wild, [A] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] wild, _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ wild, wild, _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, _ _ [D] wild, _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
wild, [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] wild, [C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ wild, [A] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ wild, [Bm] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild,
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, _ wild, [A] wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, [B] wild, wild, wild, _ _ _ wild, wild, wild, wild, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
wild, wild, _ _ _ wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild, wild _ _ _

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