Chords for Living For The City

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_ [F#] _ _ He was born [F#m] in Hottock, [F#] Mississippi, surrounded by [F#m] four walls that ain't [E] so pretty.
[F#] His parents gave [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 worked [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 [F#] for many, and you best [F#m] believe she hardly gives [B] a penny,
living just [C#] enough, just [B] enough for [F#] the city.
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_ _ _ _ His clothes are black, [F#m] but she is shown to be [E] pretty.
[F#] Her skirt is [F#m] short, but her legs are [F#] sturdy.
To walk to [F#m] school, she's got to get up [F#] early.
Her clothes are [F#m] old, but never are they dirty, [B] living just enough, [C#] just [B] enough for the [F#] city.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ Her brother's [F#m] smart, he's got more sense than [G#] many.
[F#] His [B] patience long, [F#m] but soon he won't have [B] any.
[F#] To find a job, [F#m] didn't like the haste that [B] need [F#] of.
Cause when he lives, [F#m] they don't use colored [B] people.
Living just enough, [C#] just [C#] enough for the [F#] city.
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[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ Living [F#] just enough, _ _ _ _ [F#m] just enough for the [F#] _ city. _ _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] Living _ _ _ _ just _ enough, [C#] just [F#] enough _ _ _ for the city.
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[B] _ [G#] just enough for _ [F#m] the _ _
[B] _ [F#] city.
His hair is [F#m] long, his feet are [B] hard and frizzy.
[F#] He spends his life [F#m] walking the [C#] streets of New York City.
[F#] He's almost [F#m] dead from breathing in [C#] air pollution.
[F#] He's trying to find a job, to him that's no [B] solution.
Living just enough, [C#m] just [C#]
enough [F#] for the city.
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_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ Living _ just enough, just [F#] _ enough for the city. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#m] Living just enough, just enough for the city.
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