Little Ghetto Boy Chords by Lalah Hathaway

Tempo:
95.05 bpm
Chords used:

F#m

E

A

Bm

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lalah Hathaway - Little Ghetto Boy chords
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[F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[B] [A] [F#m] Little ghetto boy, [B] [C#m] playing in the [F#m] ghetto street.
do when you grow [B] up, and have to face [F#m] responsibility?
[E] [A] Will [F#m] you spend your days and nights [E] in a pool room?
sell caps and [A] mayonnaise in the neighborhood, [F#m] little ghetto boy?
rough life [F#m] can be,
seen [E] so much [F#m] pain and misery.
100%  ➙  95BPM
F#m
123111112
E
2311
A
1231
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
E
2311
A
1231
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To learn Lalah Hathaway - (Live) Little Ghetto Boy chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: Bm, E, F#m, E, F#m, A and E. Ease into the song by practicing at 47 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 95 BPM. Considering the song's key of A Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Little ghetto boy, [B] _ _ [C#m] _ playing in the [F#m] ghetto street.
_ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ What [F#] you gonna do when you grow [B] up, and have to face [F#m] responsibility?
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] Will [F#m] you spend your days and nights [E] in a pool room?
Will [F#m] you sell caps and [A] mayonnaise in the neighborhood, [F#m] little ghetto boy?
_ [E] You already know how rough life [F#m] can _ be,
[Bm] cause you've seen [E] _ so much [F#m] pain and misery.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] Little ghetto boy, _ [Em] _ [E] _ your daddy [A] was blown _ [E] away.
_ He [F#m] robbed that grocery store, [E] don't you know that [F#m] was a sad, sad [A] old [E] day?
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] All [E] your young life you've seen such misery [F#m] and pain.
The world [G#] is a cruel place to [E] live in, it ain't [F#m] gonna [E] change.
You're so young, you've got so far [F#m] to go.
_ And I don't [Bm] think you're [E] rich, you're a gold young [F#m] man, hanging around the poolroom door.
_ _ Look [D] out, y'all! _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] Little ghetto boy, [E] _ _ when, [F#m] when, when you become a [E] man,
_ you [F#m] can make things change.
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] You just have to stand.
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] You've got to believe [E] in yourself and all that [F#m] you do.
[A] _
[E] You've got to fight to make it better.
[F#m] _ _ Then [E] you'll see how others will stop [F#m] believing too.
_ Then my [E] son, things start [F#m] to get _ better.
_ _ [D] _ _ Everything [G#] has got to [E] get better.
[F#m] I believe that [Bm] everything, [E] everything has got to get better.
[F#m] Everything has got to get [E] better.
_ _ _ [F#m] And I [Bm] know in my [E] heart, _ _ [A] everything _ [E] has got to get better.
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
[E] Everything has got to get better.
[F#m] I'm depending on [A] you.
[E] Everything has got to get better.
[F#m] _ [A] Everything [E]
has got to get better.
[F#m] Everything _ [E] has got to get better.
[A] _ _ [E] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Featured within the album Live! is this song, written by Edward Howard and De Rouen.

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