Chords for Living For The City (1973) - Stevie Wonder

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_ [F#] _ A boy's born [F#m] in Hot Dive, [F#] Mississippi, surrounded by four walls that ain't [E] so pretty.
[F#] His parents give [F#m] him love and [F#] affection to keep him strong, [F#m] moving in the right direction,
[B] living just enough, [C#] just enough [F#] for the city.
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_ [F#] _ His father works [F#m] some days for [E] fourteen hours, [F#] and you can bet [F#m] he barely makes a [F#] dollar.
His mother [F#m] goes scrub the floors for many, and you best believe she hardly gets [B] a penny,
living just [C#] enough, just [B] enough for [F#] the city.
[F#m] Yeah! _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ His clothes are black, [F#m] but she is shown [E] a pretty, [F#] her skirt is short, [F#m] but her legs are [F#] sturdy.
He walks to [F#m] school, she's got to get up [F#] early Her clothes are [F#m] old, but never are they [B] dirty
Living just enough, [C#] _ just enough [F#] for the sick _
[F#m] _ _ _ Mmm, [F#] _ her brother's smart, [F#m] he's got more sense than [F#] many
His [F#m] patience long, but [F#m] soon he won't have [F#] any
To find a [F#m] job, it's like a haystack [F#] needle
Cause when you [F#m] live, they don't use [B] colored people
Living just enough, [C#] _ just enough [F#] for the sick
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[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ Just enough for _ the sick _ _ [F#m] _ _
people [F#] of the city
[F#m] Just _ _
[B] _ [F#] enough _ _ _ _ [C#] for the sick people of the [F#] city
Just enough [B] for the sick people _ _ [F#m] of the city _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] Just enough [G#] for the sick [F#] people of the [F#m] city
Just enough for the sick [F#] people of the city
[F#m] Just enough _ [C#] for the sick people of the city
Just enough for the sick people [F#] of the city
Just _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ enough for the sick [F#] people _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] of _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] the city
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Just enough _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ for the sick people of the city
Just enough for the sick people of the city
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_ _ _ Just enough _ _ _ _ for the sick [F#m] people _ _ [B] _
[F#] of the city
His hair is [F#m] long, his feet are hard and greasy
He spends his life walking the [F#] streets of New York City
He's almost [F#m] dead from breathing in air [C#]
pollution
[F#] He's trying to fight to kill that air pollution
[B] Living just enough, [C#] just enough [F#] for the sick
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[F#] I hope you hear [F#m] inside my voice the [F#] sorrow
And that love that leads you [F#m] through pain and [D#m] damage of my [F#] wrongs
This life is cruel, [F#m] no good could be much colder
[F#] If we don't change, the world will soon [D#m] be over
[B] Living just enough, stop giving [F#m] just enough for [F#] the sick _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ Just [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
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[C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ enough [A] _ _
[G] for the sick people of the city
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