Chords for James Morrison - 'Gangster's Paradise'
Tempo:
72.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Ab
Fm
Cm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab]
[Fm] [G] [C] [Eb] [Ab] [G]
[Fm] [G] [Cm] [Am] [Ab] [Em]
[Fm] [G] [Cm] You
As [Ab] [G]
[Fm] [G] [Cm] [Ab] I walk [Em] through the valley [Fm] of shadow [G] death
I take a look at my [Cm] life and realize that there's [Ab] nothing left cuz I've been [Fm] blasted laughing so [G] long
My mama [Cm] thinks that my [A] mind is gone [Ab] by and never crossed a [Fm] man did deserve it
[G] He be treated like a punk, [Cm] you know, [Ab] it's heard
I better watch how you're [Fm] talking and [G] where you're walking for you when you homies my [Cm] blind [Ab] shot
I really hate [Fm] the trip, but I got to [G] go at whom I see [Cm] myself in the pistol slow
[Ab] School John the kind of [Fm] G that all the homies wanna be [G] like on my knees in the [Cm] night saying prayers in the [Ab] street line
been [Fm] spending most their life [G] then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most [G] their lives living in [Cm] gangsters
[D] Paradise [Ab] got the [Em] situation [Fm] got me [G] facing I can never [C] know my life.
I was raised by the shit
[Ab] I gotta be [C] down [C] with a hood [G] team too much television watch you got me chasing [Ab] dreams
I'm an educated [Fm] fool with money on my [G] mind got the tin in my [Cm] hand the gleam in my [Ab] eye
But low down [Fm] wrong sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are [C] rats don't arise
I anger [Ab] fool if they [Fm] nothing but a heartbeat [G] away.
I'm living life to a [C] guy
What can I [Ab] say?
I'm 23 [Fm] will I live to ever see [G] 24 the way things going?
[Cm] I don't know
[Ab] Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we [G] so blind?
[Cm] To see [Ab] that the [Fm] ones we heard [G] are you?
[Cm] and me
[Ab] Saying I've been [Fm] spending most their [G] life then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most their [G] lives living in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] The [Fm] situation got me facing [G] I can never know my [Cm] life
I was raised by the [Ab] shit
Gotta be [Fm] down with a hood team [G] too much television watch you got me chasing dreams
[Ab] I'm an educated [Fm] fool money on my mind [G] got the [D] tin in my [Cm] hand and the gleam in my eye
[Ab] But low down wrong [Fm] sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are rats [Cm] don't arise
I anger fool [Ab] if [C] they nothing [Fm] but a [G] heartbeat away.
I'm living life to a guy
[Cm] What [E] can I [Ab] say I'm [Fm] 23, well, I live to [G] see 24 the way things are going [Cm] I don't [Ab] know
Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we?
[G] so blind
[Cm] See [A] [Ab] that don't
[Fm] We have [G] you
[Cm] How [Ab] in the [F] money [Fm] money in the [G] power man after [Cm] man after
[Ab] Everybody's [C] looking I don't even [G] know what's going on in the kitchen cuz I don't know [Ab] what's cooking girl
I said I got to [Fm] learn but nobody's here to [G] teach me.
They can't [Cm] understand it.
How can [Ab] they teach me?
I guess [Fm] they can I guess they [G] won't I guess if that's why I know [Ab] my life is not a luck fool
[Fm] Miss Randy most their [G] lives living in [C] gangsters [Ab] paradise
Be [Fm] spending most our [G] lives in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] I started [Fm] living for the living for [G] the [Cm] Gangsters
[Ab] Oh, [Fm] [G]
[Cm] [Ab] [Fm] [G]
[Cm] [Ab] [E] [Fm] no, [G] oh no, oh no
[Cm] [A] [Ab] [Fm]
[G] I'm
[C] [Ab] [Fm] [G] [Cm] [Ab] [Fm]
[G] [Cm] [Ab] [Em] [Fm]
[G] [Cm] [Ab] [Fm]
[G] [C] [G] [Cm]
[Fm] [G] [C] [Eb] [Ab] [G]
[Fm] [G] [Cm] [Am] [Ab] [Em]
[Fm] [G] [Cm] You
As [Ab] [G]
[Fm] [G] [Cm] [Ab] I walk [Em] through the valley [Fm] of shadow [G] death
I take a look at my [Cm] life and realize that there's [Ab] nothing left cuz I've been [Fm] blasted laughing so [G] long
My mama [Cm] thinks that my [A] mind is gone [Ab] by and never crossed a [Fm] man did deserve it
[G] He be treated like a punk, [Cm] you know, [Ab] it's heard
I better watch how you're [Fm] talking and [G] where you're walking for you when you homies my [Cm] blind [Ab] shot
I really hate [Fm] the trip, but I got to [G] go at whom I see [Cm] myself in the pistol slow
[Ab] School John the kind of [Fm] G that all the homies wanna be [G] like on my knees in the [Cm] night saying prayers in the [Ab] street line
been [Fm] spending most their life [G] then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most [G] their lives living in [Cm] gangsters
[D] Paradise [Ab] got the [Em] situation [Fm] got me [G] facing I can never [C] know my life.
I was raised by the shit
[Ab] I gotta be [C] down [C] with a hood [G] team too much television watch you got me chasing [Ab] dreams
I'm an educated [Fm] fool with money on my [G] mind got the tin in my [Cm] hand the gleam in my [Ab] eye
But low down [Fm] wrong sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are [C] rats don't arise
I anger [Ab] fool if they [Fm] nothing but a heartbeat [G] away.
I'm living life to a [C] guy
What can I [Ab] say?
I'm 23 [Fm] will I live to ever see [G] 24 the way things going?
[Cm] I don't know
[Ab] Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we [G] so blind?
[Cm] To see [Ab] that the [Fm] ones we heard [G] are you?
[Cm] and me
[Ab] Saying I've been [Fm] spending most their [G] life then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most their [G] lives living in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] The [Fm] situation got me facing [G] I can never know my [Cm] life
I was raised by the [Ab] shit
Gotta be [Fm] down with a hood team [G] too much television watch you got me chasing dreams
[Ab] I'm an educated [Fm] fool money on my mind [G] got the [D] tin in my [Cm] hand and the gleam in my eye
[Ab] But low down wrong [Fm] sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are rats [Cm] don't arise
I anger fool [Ab] if [C] they nothing [Fm] but a [G] heartbeat away.
I'm living life to a guy
[Cm] What [E] can I [Ab] say I'm [Fm] 23, well, I live to [G] see 24 the way things are going [Cm] I don't [Ab] know
Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we?
[G] so blind
[Cm] See [A] [Ab] that don't
[Fm] We have [G] you
[Cm] How [Ab] in the [F] money [Fm] money in the [G] power man after [Cm] man after
[Ab] Everybody's [C] looking I don't even [G] know what's going on in the kitchen cuz I don't know [Ab] what's cooking girl
I said I got to [Fm] learn but nobody's here to [G] teach me.
They can't [Cm] understand it.
How can [Ab] they teach me?
I guess [Fm] they can I guess they [G] won't I guess if that's why I know [Ab] my life is not a luck fool
[Fm] Miss Randy most their [G] lives living in [C] gangsters [Ab] paradise
Be [Fm] spending most our [G] lives in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] I started [Fm] living for the living for [G] the [Cm] Gangsters
[Ab] Oh, [Fm] [G]
[Cm] [Ab] [Fm] [G]
[Cm] [Ab] [E] [Fm] no, [G] oh no, oh no
[Cm] [A] [Ab] [Fm]
[G] I'm
[C] [Ab] [Fm] [G] [Cm] [Ab] [Fm]
[G] [Cm] [Ab] [Em] [Fm]
[G] [Cm] [Ab] [Fm]
[G] [C] [G] [Cm]
Key:
G
Ab
Fm
Cm
C
G
Ab
Fm
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[Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [G] _
[Fm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ [Em] _
[Fm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] You
As [Ab] _ [G] _
[Fm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] I walk [Em] through the valley [Fm] of shadow [G] death
I take a look at my [Cm] life and realize that there's [Ab] nothing left cuz I've been [Fm] blasted laughing so [G] long
My mama [Cm] thinks that my [A] mind is gone [Ab] by and never crossed a [Fm] man did deserve it
[G] He be treated like a punk, [Cm] you know, [Ab] it's heard
I better watch how you're [Fm] talking and [G] where you're walking for you when you homies my [Cm] blind [Ab] shot
I really hate [Fm] the trip, but I got to [G] go at whom I see [Cm] myself in the pistol slow
[Ab] School John the kind of [Fm] G that all the homies wanna be [G] like on my knees in the [Cm] night saying prayers in the [Ab] street line
been [Fm] spending most their life [G] then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most [G] their lives living in [Cm] gangsters
[D] Paradise [Ab] got the [Em] situation [Fm] got me [G] facing I can never [C] know my life.
I was raised by the shit
[Ab] I gotta be [C] down [C] with a hood [G] team too much television watch you got me chasing [Ab] dreams
I'm an educated [Fm] fool with money on my [G] mind got the tin in my [Cm] hand the gleam in my [Ab] eye
But low down [Fm] wrong sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are [C] rats don't arise
I anger [Ab] fool if they [Fm] nothing but a heartbeat [G] away.
I'm living life to a [C] guy
What can I [Ab] say?
I'm 23 [Fm] will I live to ever see [G] 24 the way things going?
[Cm] I don't know
[Ab] Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we [G] so blind?
[Cm] To see [Ab] that the [Fm] ones we heard [G] are you?
[Cm] and me
[Ab] Saying I've been [Fm] spending most their [G] life then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most their [G] lives living in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] The [Fm] situation got me facing [G] I can never know my [Cm] life
I was raised by the [Ab] shit
Gotta be [Fm] down with a hood team [G] too much television watch you got me chasing dreams
[Ab] I'm an educated [Fm] fool money on my mind [G] got the [D] tin in my [Cm] hand and the gleam in my eye
[Ab] But low down wrong [Fm] sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are rats [Cm] don't arise
I anger fool [Ab] if [C] they nothing [Fm] but a [G] heartbeat away.
I'm living life to a guy
[Cm] What [E] can I [Ab] say I'm [Fm] 23, well, I live to [G] see 24 the way things are going [Cm] I don't [Ab] know
Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we?
[G] so blind
[Cm] See [A] [Ab] that don't
[Fm] We have [G] you
_ [Cm] How [Ab] in the [F] money [Fm] money in the [G] power man after [Cm] man after
[Ab] Everybody's [C] looking I don't even [G] know what's going on in the kitchen cuz I don't know [Ab] what's cooking girl
I said I got to [Fm] learn but nobody's here to [G] teach me.
They can't [Cm] understand it.
How can [Ab] they teach me?
I guess [Fm] they can I guess they [G] won't I guess if that's why I know [Ab] my life is not a luck fool
[Fm] Miss Randy most their [G] lives living in [C] gangsters [Ab] paradise
Be [Fm] spending most our [G] lives in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] I started [Fm] living for the living for [G] the [Cm] Gangsters
_ [Ab] Oh, [Fm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ [E] [Fm] no, [G] oh no, oh no
[Cm] _ [A] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[G] I'm
[C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Em] _ [Fm] _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [G] _
[Fm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ [Em] _
[Fm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] You
As [Ab] _ [G] _
[Fm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] I walk [Em] through the valley [Fm] of shadow [G] death
I take a look at my [Cm] life and realize that there's [Ab] nothing left cuz I've been [Fm] blasted laughing so [G] long
My mama [Cm] thinks that my [A] mind is gone [Ab] by and never crossed a [Fm] man did deserve it
[G] He be treated like a punk, [Cm] you know, [Ab] it's heard
I better watch how you're [Fm] talking and [G] where you're walking for you when you homies my [Cm] blind [Ab] shot
I really hate [Fm] the trip, but I got to [G] go at whom I see [Cm] myself in the pistol slow
[Ab] School John the kind of [Fm] G that all the homies wanna be [G] like on my knees in the [Cm] night saying prayers in the [Ab] street line
been [Fm] spending most their life [G] then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most [G] their lives living in [Cm] gangsters
[D] Paradise [Ab] got the [Em] situation [Fm] got me [G] facing I can never [C] know my life.
I was raised by the shit
[Ab] I gotta be [C] down [C] with a hood [G] team too much television watch you got me chasing [Ab] dreams
I'm an educated [Fm] fool with money on my [G] mind got the tin in my [Cm] hand the gleam in my [Ab] eye
But low down [Fm] wrong sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are [C] rats don't arise
I anger [Ab] fool if they [Fm] nothing but a heartbeat [G] away.
I'm living life to a [C] guy
What can I [Ab] say?
I'm 23 [Fm] will I live to ever see [G] 24 the way things going?
[Cm] I don't know
[Ab] Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we [G] so blind?
[Cm] To see [Ab] that the [Fm] ones we heard [G] are you?
[Cm] and me
[Ab] Saying I've been [Fm] spending most their [G] life then in [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] Been [Fm] spending most their [G] lives living in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] The [Fm] situation got me facing [G] I can never know my [Cm] life
I was raised by the [Ab] shit
Gotta be [Fm] down with a hood team [G] too much television watch you got me chasing dreams
[Ab] I'm an educated [Fm] fool money on my mind [G] got the [D] tin in my [Cm] hand and the gleam in my eye
[Ab] But low down wrong [Fm] sack tripping bang [G] and my homies are rats [Cm] don't arise
I anger fool [Ab] if [C] they nothing [Fm] but a [G] heartbeat away.
I'm living life to a guy
[Cm] What [E] can I [Ab] say I'm [Fm] 23, well, I live to [G] see 24 the way things are going [Cm] I don't [Ab] know
Tell me why?
[Fm] Are we?
[G] so blind
[Cm] See [A] [Ab] that don't
[Fm] We have [G] you
_ [Cm] How [Ab] in the [F] money [Fm] money in the [G] power man after [Cm] man after
[Ab] Everybody's [C] looking I don't even [G] know what's going on in the kitchen cuz I don't know [Ab] what's cooking girl
I said I got to [Fm] learn but nobody's here to [G] teach me.
They can't [Cm] understand it.
How can [Ab] they teach me?
I guess [Fm] they can I guess they [G] won't I guess if that's why I know [Ab] my life is not a luck fool
[Fm] Miss Randy most their [G] lives living in [C] gangsters [Ab] paradise
Be [Fm] spending most our [G] lives in the [Cm] gangsters paradise
[Ab] I started [Fm] living for the living for [G] the [Cm] Gangsters
_ [Ab] Oh, [Fm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ [E] [Fm] no, [G] oh no, oh no
[Cm] _ [A] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[G] I'm
[C] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Em] _ [Fm] _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
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