Ghetto Life Chords by Rick James

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_ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ When I [G] was a young boy, growing up in the ghetto, hanging out on [Gm] corners, swinging [C] with the
fellas, [F] looking for the [Gm] cutie, [F] trying to find the big [Gm] fun, looking for some trouble, anyone
[C] who'd give me [F] some.
I [G] was going crazy, _ _ [F] _ _ didn't know [Gm] what my life would be.
[C] _ _ [F] I was [Gm] dumb and oh so [C] lazy, _ [Gm] something had a spell on me.
[C] _ _ [F] You are the one I'm talking about, [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] you are the one I'm singing [G] about.
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_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [F] When I [Gm] was a young man, [F] trying to be fancy, [Gm] met this little cute girl, said her [C] name was
Nancy, [F] she had big tails [Gm] to her shoulder, she couldn't have [C] been much older.
[Gm] She taught me what I had to know to make a [C] girl not want to [F] go.
She was very [G] cheeky, _ [F] _ she [Gm] laid her big tails down on me.
[C] _ _ [F] And I was [G] becoming oh so [C] sleepy, _ [Gm] I had to see what love would [C] be.
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[C] Through it all alone, the game was [D] [Gm] strong.
_ _ But I was wrong that time, [C] I knew I had to play, and get with [Gm] that way.
You could think I was mad [C] enough, you could think I was smart [Gm] enough, you could think
I was strong [C] enough, you could think that I was [F] enough. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ Sing it, play it, feel it, breathe it, [Dm] say it, [F] ghetto life, you got to get on [Dm] over, [G] _ ghetto life.
[F] When [G] I was a young boy, tenement [C] swans and corner [Gm] bombs, playing tag with winos, the
only [C] way to have [F] some fun.
One thing about the [Gm] ghetto, you don't [C] have to hurry, [Gm] it'll be bad tomorrow, so [C] don't
you worry, [F] _
[Dm] ghetto [Gm] life.
_ [F] _ Don't get my [G] ghetto life, _ [C] _ _ [F] _
[Dm] ghetto life, _ [C] baby.
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Ghetto _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] life, _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] we're gonna have to get over, [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] don't get by the life.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [F] Where's [Dm] the big money?
_ [Am] The big [F] money, _
_ [G] ghetto life, [Am] the big [F] money, ghetto life, [Am] the big [G] money, _ [Dm] ghetto life.
[C] Where's the place [F] we learn _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] to [Gm] grow, where's the place we like to [A] call [Bb] home? _
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