Chords for Marlena Shaw - Woman Of The Ghetto

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I was born and raised in the [Em] ghetto.
[C]
I was born and raised in the ghetto. _
I'm a woman of the ghetto.
_ Listen to [Am] me _ legislator.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
[Em] _ [C] Feed one child and starve another.
Tell me, tell me legislator.
_ _ How _ _ _ _ _ do you make your bread in the ghetto?
How do you make your bread in the ghetto?
Break from the souls of the dead in the ghetto.
_ Tell me, tell me _ _ legislator. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Free black me.
_ I am the [G] woman of the [C] ghetto.
Strong true my _ blue.
I am the woman of the ghetto. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ How _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
do _ we get rid of rats in the ghetto? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Now how do you _ legislate?
Brother, listen to me.
How do you _ legislate? _
When you free one man and try to chain up the [G] other?
[C] Tell me, tell me, legislate.
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How does your heart beat late at night?
How does your heart _ _ _ _ beat with shame?
Does it beat with pride?
Won't you tell me, tell me, _ legislate.
[A] _ [D] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Me, [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I am the woman of the ghetto.
_ Strong, true, eyes ain't blue.
Listen to me, _ _ legislate us. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ children are just the same as yours.
Look, _ _ _ _ _ they cry with pain when the knife cut deep.
They close their eyes when they want to see.
We must all _ be in a team.
The only way that we can be free.
Now peace, you say, is all that you ask.
But self-respect is our separate last.
You've spittin' the _ _ _ _ _ facts, these stories talk. _
_ Now you may have seen one ghetto,
but have you lived there at all? _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] Detroit, [G] Fillmore, [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ Washington. _ _ _
_ _ Sing our voices, sing our voices.
But we will _ sing our voices, _ _ _ _ sing our voices.
_ _ _ Cause I am the woman of the ghetto.
_ See the women cry, _ _ _ see the children _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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