Chords for Janelle Monáe - Ghetto Woman (Lyrics)

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[Eb] _ Carry on, [Dm] get a warm up.
[Ebm] See you working night to [Fm] morning like you know I can't.
[Cm] Carry on, [Dm] get a warm [F] up.
[Ebm] Cause even body laughing, [Fm] talk about the closure.
And when I was [Gm] taken, _ _ [Dm] I realized. _
[Ebm] All you ever needed [Fm] was someone to free your [Cm] mind.
Carry _ on, get [Dm] a warm up.
Cause [Ebm] even in your darkest [Fm] hours I still see your [Bbm] light.
And when you [Gb] cry, _ [Ab] don't you know that I am [Db] crying with you.
[Bb] _ _ People [Ebm] put you down, _ [Ab] can't weigh down.
And you feel like you're alone.
_ _ [Bb] _ Let love [Fm] be your guide.
[Bb] You were built to through any weather.
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[Fm] _ Hold on to your [Ab] dreams and all your great [G] philosophies.
You're the reason I believe in me.
For real. _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Dm] Carry on, get a warm up. _
[Ebm] When you start, if you're a [Fm] star, you know we still believe.
[Cm] Carry on, get [Dm] a warm up.
[Ebm] Even when the news [Fm] portrays you less than you can be.
I [Gm] wish they could [Dm] just realize. _
[Ebm] All you ever needed _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Eb] was someone to free your mind.
Carry on, get a [D] _ [C] warm up.
[Ebm] You're the seventh wonder [Fm] raining over us at [Em] night.
[Ebm] And when you cry, [Bbm] _ [Ab] don't you know we're right there crying with you.
_ [Bb] _ _ People [Ebm] put you down, [Ab] can't weigh down.
And you feel like [Db] you're [Fm] alone.
_ [B] _ _ [Bb] Let love [Fm] be your guide.
[Bb] You were built to last through [Eb] any weather.
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[Fm] Hold on to your [Ab] dreams and all your great [Gm] philosophies.
You're the reason I believe [G] in me.
For real. _
[Cm] So say this [Dm] ghetto land [Eb] will take you down and poison [F] you. _ _ _ _ _
So [Eb] say she [Dm] can do [Bb] all the [Eb] things a man can _ _ [Fm] do. _ _
[Cm] Who said this ghetto's [D] just a place where queens dance [Ebm] naked on the moon.
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Who [Cm] said a woman [D] came to change the face of bitch in [Ebm] every room.
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When I was just a baby, my mama dropped out of [Dm] school.
It was only second semester, the baby knew.
[Ebm] Doctor said December the first should be [Fm] his day.
And daddy, he was gone off to college, he couldn't [Cm] wait.
Only just a teen with dreams to be on [Dm] TV.
And living with a mama, my grandma who used [Ebm] to feed me.
We would move around in the city place to [Fm] place.
The landlord come for the roof place to [D] place.
Her eyes too [C] heavy from working late as [Dm] a janitor.
[Am] Thinking to [D] herself that [Bb] nobody could understand her.
But even when she [Eb] felt like she couldn't, she carried [F] on.
She couldn't imagine both of her [C] daughters here all alone.
Before the tuxedos in black and white [D] everyday.
I used to watch my mama get [Bb] down on her knees and pray.
[Ebm] She the reason that I'm even writing this [Gm] song.
Let a woman know it won't be [D] long.
Now sing along.
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