Soulsville Chords by Isaac Hayes

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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Black man born free, at least that's the way it's supposed [Bbm] to be
[Bb] Chains that binds him are hard to [Bbm] see, unless you take [Bb] this walk with [Gm] me _
[Cm] Place where he [Gm] lives has got [Cm] plenty of names
_ [Gm] _ Slums, [Cm] ghetto and black belt, [Gm] _ they are [F] one and the same and I [Bb] call it slum
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] kind of [Bb] job is hard to [Bbm] find, that means an [Bb] increase in the welfare line
Crime rate is rising too, if you were hungry what would you do?
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Red is [Cm] two months past due, [Gm] in a building [Cm] that's falling apart
_ _ [Gm] Little boy [Cm] needs a pair of shoes, [Gm] and this is [Eb] only a part of _
[Bbm] _ _ [Bb] Some _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] older brother got plenty of cash, tricks on the corner, gonna see to that
Some like to smoke and some like to blow, some are even strung out on a fifty dollar [Gm] joke
Some are trying [Cm] to ditch reality [Gm] _ by getting [Cm] so high
[Gm] _ Only [Cm] to find out [Gm] _ you can never [F] touch the sky, cause [Bb] your roots are in the closet
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_ _ _ _ _ _ every Sunday morning I can hear the [Eb] old [Bb] sister say _ _ _ _ _ _
Trust in the Lord, _ oh [Am] yeah, [Gm] hope _ [Cm] that he hears the prayers
[Gm] Cause deep in our [Cm] souls they [Gm] believe, _ someday [Cm] he'll put an _ [Gm] end
To all this [F] misery that we're [Bb] having
_ _ Oh yeah
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_ _ Mmmmmm _ _ _ _
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Mmmm
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