Chords for John Legend, The Roots - Little Ghetto Boy (Live In Studio)

Tempo:
86.3 bpm
Chords used:

Fm

Cm

Eb

Bbm

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Legend, The Roots - Little Ghetto Boy (Live In Studio) chords
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[Cm] [Fm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Fm] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] Yo, my [Ab] grandmother's suits was tailor made.
Sundays, my earlier played.
Simple, familiar ways, like how she dealt and played.
Will and Lord and Master, [Fm] give us a trust.
[Gm] Master sat us real [Eb] afraid.
I never listened, yet [Ab] I still obeyed.
I got [Fm] to see how Philly played at such an early [Eb] age.
What my father was into sent me to [Ab] his early grade.
The moms started [Fm] chasing that bait [Gm] like Willie Mays.
My childhood was all of 40 [Ab] nights and 40 days.
Trouble was my ball and chain.
Shorties would call me [Eb] names.
Humble beginnings, but a star is [Ab] what that all became.
My journey from a dirty hallway to the Hall of [Eb] Fame.
Music, my therapeutic way to cope with all this [Ab] pain.
I was headed for the [Fm] drain, soaking
before [Eb] the rainwater came.
In chaos before the order [Ab] came.
I started doing [Fm] what I'm supposed to do in life.
[Eb] Trying to move out of the dark and [Ab] closer to the light.
They say if you get a chance [Fm] to do it, overdo it right.
[Gm] Because tomorrow isn't [Eb] promised every time.
[Ab] Say goodnight, now I'm coming [Fm] back.
[G] Yeah, [F] that's real.
That's real.
[Fm] Little ghetto boy.
[Cm] I'm [Fm] singing in the ghetto streets.
[Bb] What you gonna do when you're fucking [Ab] gay?
And you have [Cm] to [Fm] face responsibility.
I'm singing [Cm] in the ghetto streets.
[Fm] When you're standing by the lights in a [Gm] blue room,
[Fm] you set a cast of [Ab] madness through the neighborhood.
Little [Fm] ghetto boy.
[Db] Hark the echo the out how.
[E] Hark the echo [Cm] the out how.
[Fm] God, [Ab] [Bbm] you sing
[Cm] so [Fm] much pain.
[Bbm]
[Fm]
[Cm] Your daddy [Fm] was found no fish.
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb] Don't you know that [Fm] was a sad, sad day?
[Cm] [B] [Db] All [Bbm] you young like you [Eb] seen in misery [Ab] and pain
[Db] Well [Bbm] the cool breeze of [Cm] living [Ab] ain't gonna change
[Db]
[Bbm] So you, [C] you [Eb] got so far [Ab] to go
No [Db] pain, no grief, you go young [F] man
[Fm] Lovin' on a yellow [Bb] pride
[F] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Cm] [Fm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Cm] [Fm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [Cm] [Fm] [Bbm]
[Db] [F]
[Bbm] [Fm] Never gonna [Cm] forget
[F] [Cm] When [Fm] you become a man
[Cm] You [Fm] can make things change
[Cm] Just [Eb] [Fm] take a [Cm] step
[B] [Bbm] You got to believe in yourself
[Cm] In all that [Ab] you [Db] do
[Bbm] Cause if you reach a new [Cm] path
[Ab] [Db]
[G] You will see
[Cm] [Fm] Unbelievable
Then [Bbm] my son
[Db] Things will [Fm] start to get better
[Bbm] Yeah, [Fm] yeah, [Db] yeah
[Bbm] [Cm] [Fm] [Db] Everything [Bbm] has got to [Eb] get better
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Eb] Everything has got to [Cm] get better
[Fm] Say [Bbm] everything
[Eb] [Cm] [Fm] Say [Db]
[Eb] [Cm] [Ab] [Bbm] everything
[Eb] [Cm] [Bbm] Everything [Eb] has got to [Cm] get better
[Fm] [Bbm] Everything [Eb] has got to [Cm] get better [Fm] Do it Say [Bbm] everything
[Eb] [Cm] Say [Ab] [Bbm] everything [Eb] has got to [Cm] get better
[Fm] Say [Bbm]
[Eb] everything
[Cm] Say [Ab] everything
[Bbm]
Say [Fm] [F]
everything
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[N]
Key:  
Fm
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Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
Bbm
13421111
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
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To jam and learn the simple chords for John Legend, The Roots - Little Ghetto Boy chords, practice playing Ab, Fm, Bbm, Eb, Cm, Fm, Eb, Cm and Bbm in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 43 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 86. Given the song's key of Ab Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ Yo, my [Ab] grandmother's suits was tailor made.
Sundays, my earlier played.
Simple, familiar ways, like how she dealt and played.
Will and Lord and Master, [Fm] give us a trust.
[Gm] Master sat us real [Eb] afraid.
I never listened, yet [Ab] I still obeyed.
I got [Fm] to see how Philly played at such an early [Eb] age.
What my father was into sent me to [Ab] his early grade.
The moms started [Fm] chasing that bait [Gm] like Willie Mays.
My childhood was all of 40 [Ab] nights and 40 days.
Trouble was my ball and chain.
Shorties would call me [Eb] names.
Humble beginnings, but a star is [Ab] what that all became.
My journey from a dirty hallway to the Hall of [Eb] Fame.
Music, my therapeutic way to cope with all this [Ab] pain.
I was headed for the [Fm] drain, soaking
before [Eb] the rainwater came.
In chaos before the order [Ab] came.
I started doing [Fm] what I'm supposed to do in life.
[Eb] Trying to move out of the dark and [Ab] closer to the light.
They say if you get a chance [Fm] to do it, overdo it right.
[Gm] Because tomorrow isn't [Eb] promised every time.
[Ab] Say goodnight, now I'm coming [Fm] back.
[G] Yeah, [F] that's real.
That's real.
[Fm] Little ghetto boy.
_ [Cm] _ _ I'm [Fm] singing in the ghetto streets.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] What you gonna do when you're fucking [Ab] gay?
And you have [Cm] to [Fm] face responsibility.
I'm singing [Cm] in the ghetto streets.
[Fm] _ _ When you're standing by the lights in a [Gm] blue room,
_ [Fm] you set a cast of [Ab] madness through the neighborhood.
Little [Fm] ghetto boy.
[Db] Hark the echo the out how.
_ [E] Hark the echo [Cm] _ the out how.
_ [Fm] God, _ [Ab] [Bbm] you sing _
_ [Cm] so [Fm] much pain.
_ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ Your daddy [Fm] was found no fish.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ Don't you know that [Fm] was a sad, sad day?
_ [Cm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Db] All [Bbm] you young like you [Eb] seen in misery [Ab] and pain
[Db] Well [Bbm] the cool breeze of [Cm] living [Ab] ain't gonna change
[Db] _
[Bbm] So you, [C] you [Eb] got so far [Ab] to go
No [Db] pain, no grief, you go young [F] man
[Fm] Lovin' on a yellow [Bb] pride
[F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ Never gonna [Cm] forget
_ [F] [Cm] When [Fm] you become a man
[Cm] _ _ You [Fm] can make things change
[Cm] _ Just [Eb] _ [Fm] take a _ [Cm] step
[B] _ [Bbm] You got to believe in yourself
[Cm] In all that [Ab] you [Db] do
[Bbm] Cause if you reach a new [Cm] path
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _
[G] You will see
[Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] Unbelievable _
Then [Bbm] my son
[Db] Things will [Fm] start to get better
_ [Bbm] Yeah, [Fm] _ yeah, [Db] yeah _
_ [Bbm] _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] Everything [Bbm] has got to [Eb] get better
[Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Eb] Everything has got to [Cm] get better
_ [Fm] Say [Bbm] everything _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] Say [Db] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] everything
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bbm] Everything [Eb] has got to [Cm] get better
[Fm] _ _ [Bbm] Everything [Eb] has got to [Cm] get better [Fm] Do it Say [Bbm] everything
[Eb] _ [Cm] Say _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] everything [Eb] has got to [Cm] get better
[Fm] Say _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] everything
[Cm] Say [Ab] everything
_ [Bbm] _
Say _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _
_ everything
Yeah, yeah, _ yeah
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song was penned by Edward Howard and De Rouen.

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