Chords for RICK JAMES: "GHETTO LIFE" [J*ski Extended]
Tempo:
116.75 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
C
Gm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[F]
[A] [F]
[G] [F]
[A] [F]
[G] [Am] [F]
[G] [A] [F] When I was [G] a young boy, growing up [C] in the ghetto, [G] hanging [Gm] out on corners, singing [C] with
the fellas, [F] looking for the cute chicks, [Em] trying to find me big fun, [G] looking [Gm] for some trouble,
anyone [C] who'd give me some.
[F] I was [G] going crazy, [F] didn't know what my life would be, [C] I was going
[Gm] oh so lazy, [G] something had a spell on me.
[C] [F] You all know what I'm talking about, [G]
[C] [F]
[G] [Am]
[G] [F]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] you all know
I was going crazy, met this little cute girl, she said her [C] name was Nancy, [F] she had pigtails to [Gm] her shoulders, she couldn't have been [C] much older, [G] she taught me [Gm] what I had to know to make a girl [C] not want to go.
[F] She was going eee, [G] she laid her [Gm] pigtails down on me, [C] [F] and I was going [G] oh so [C] sneaky, [G] I had to see what love would be.
[C] I [F]
knew it all along, that my game was [Dm] strong,
[G] but I was wrong that time,
[C] I knew I had to play, and get myself [Bb]
[G] away.
You can think I was man [Em] enough, you can think I was smart [Gm] enough, you can think I was strong [C] enough, you can think I was, [Dm] [F]
sing [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] it till you feel it when you sing it, ghetto [A] life, you got to get [F] on over, ghetto life.
[F] When I [G] was a young boy, tenement [Em] slums and corner bumps, [Gm] playing tag with winos, the only [C] way to have some [F] fun, one thing about the ghetto, [G] you don't have [Em] to hurry, it'll be [Gm] bad tomorrow, brother [C] don't you worry, [F] ghetto [G] life, [C] talking [G] about ghetto life, [F] ghetto [Dm] life, [Em] baby.
[G]
[Dm] I'm not going to be a bad, [D]
[G]
[F] [G] ghetto [C] [F]
[G] [F] life, [G]
[F] [F] people got to get over, [G] talking about the life, [F] people got to get over, [G] [C] [F] talking about the life.
Let [G] me [F] out, [Gm] [Em] [Gm]
[F] let me out, [G] [Gm]
let [C] [F] me out.
[Gm] [Em] [Gm]
[F]
[Gm] [Em] [G]
[Gm] [F]
[G] [E] [F]
[Gm]
[Am] [G]
[Dm] [F]
[Gm] [Em] [Gm]
[F] Where's [Gm] the big smoke, [G] [Gm]
[F] where's the [Gm] big smoke,
[F]
[Gm] where's
[F]
[G] the big smoke.
[Em] [F]
[Gm]
[G] [E]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Em] [G]
[F]
Where's the big smoke, where's the big [G] smoke,
[Dm] where's the big [F] smoke.
[D] Where's the big [C] [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, [F]
[D] [C] [G]
where's the big smoke.
[F]
[A] Where's the big [C] [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, where's the big smoke.
Where's the big smoke, [Bb] where's the big smoke,
[C]
[G] [F] [F] where's [C]
[G] the big smoke.
[F] [C] [Gm]
[F]
[C] [Bb]
[G] [F] [F]
[G] [Gm]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[F]
[A] [F]
[G] [F]
[A] [F]
[G] [Am] [F]
[G] [A] [F] When I was [G] a young boy, growing up [C] in the ghetto, [G] hanging [Gm] out on corners, singing [C] with
the fellas, [F] looking for the cute chicks, [Em] trying to find me big fun, [G] looking [Gm] for some trouble,
anyone [C] who'd give me some.
[F] I was [G] going crazy, [F] didn't know what my life would be, [C] I was going
[Gm] oh so lazy, [G] something had a spell on me.
[C] [F] You all know what I'm talking about, [G]
[C] [F]
[G] [Am]
[G] [F]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] you all know
I was going crazy, met this little cute girl, she said her [C] name was Nancy, [F] she had pigtails to [Gm] her shoulders, she couldn't have been [C] much older, [G] she taught me [Gm] what I had to know to make a girl [C] not want to go.
[F] She was going eee, [G] she laid her [Gm] pigtails down on me, [C] [F] and I was going [G] oh so [C] sneaky, [G] I had to see what love would be.
[C] I [F]
knew it all along, that my game was [Dm] strong,
[G] but I was wrong that time,
[C] I knew I had to play, and get myself [Bb]
[G] away.
You can think I was man [Em] enough, you can think I was smart [Gm] enough, you can think I was strong [C] enough, you can think I was, [Dm] [F]
sing [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] it till you feel it when you sing it, ghetto [A] life, you got to get [F] on over, ghetto life.
[F] When I [G] was a young boy, tenement [Em] slums and corner bumps, [Gm] playing tag with winos, the only [C] way to have some [F] fun, one thing about the ghetto, [G] you don't have [Em] to hurry, it'll be [Gm] bad tomorrow, brother [C] don't you worry, [F] ghetto [G] life, [C] talking [G] about ghetto life, [F] ghetto [Dm] life, [Em] baby.
[G]
[Dm] I'm not going to be a bad, [D]
[G]
[F] [G] ghetto [C] [F]
[G] [F] life, [G]
[F] [F] people got to get over, [G] talking about the life, [F] people got to get over, [G] [C] [F] talking about the life.
Let [G] me [F] out, [Gm] [Em] [Gm]
[F] let me out, [G] [Gm]
let [C] [F] me out.
[Gm] [Em] [Gm]
[F]
[Gm] [Em] [G]
[Gm] [F]
[G] [E] [F]
[Gm]
[Am] [G]
[Dm] [F]
[Gm] [Em] [Gm]
[F] Where's [Gm] the big smoke, [G] [Gm]
[F] where's the [Gm] big smoke,
[F]
[Gm] where's
[F]
[G] the big smoke.
[Em] [F]
[Gm]
[G] [E]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Em] [G]
[F]
Where's the big smoke, where's the big [G] smoke,
[Dm] where's the big [F] smoke.
[D] Where's the big [C] [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, [F]
[D] [C] [G]
where's the big smoke.
[F]
[A] Where's the big [C] [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, where's the big smoke.
Where's the big smoke, [Bb] where's the big smoke,
[C]
[G] [F] [F] where's [C]
[G] the big smoke.
[F] [C] [Gm]
[F]
[C] [Bb]
[G] [F] [F]
[G] [Gm]
Key:
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G
C
Gm
Em
F
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [F] When I was [G] a young boy, growing up [C] in the ghetto, [G] hanging [Gm] out on corners, singing [C] with
the fellas, [F] looking for the cute chicks, [Em] trying to find me big fun, [G] looking [Gm] for some trouble,
anyone [C] who'd give me some.
[F] I was [G] going crazy, _ _ [F] _ _ didn't know what my life would be, _ [C] _ I was going
[Gm] oh so lazy, _ _ [G] something had a spell on me.
[C] _ [F] You all know what I'm talking about, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] you all know
I was going crazy, met this little cute girl, she said her [C] name was Nancy, [F] she had pigtails to [Gm] her shoulders, she couldn't have been [C] much older, [G] she taught me [Gm] what I had to know to make a girl [C] not want to go.
[F] She was going eee, _ [G] _ _ she laid her [Gm] pigtails down on me, [C] _ [F] and I was going [G] oh so [C] sneaky, _ [G] I had to see what love would be.
[C] I _ [F] _
knew it all along, that my game was [Dm] strong, _
[G] _ _ but I was wrong that time, _
[C] I knew I had to play, and get myself [Bb] _
[G] away.
You can think I was man [Em] enough, you can think I was smart [Gm] enough, you can think I was strong [C] enough, you can think I was, [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ sing [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ it till you feel it when you sing it, ghetto [A] life, you got to get [F] on over, ghetto life.
[F] When I [G] was a young boy, tenement [Em] slums and corner bumps, [Gm] playing tag with winos, the only [C] way to have some [F] fun, one thing about the ghetto, [G] you don't have [Em] to hurry, it'll be [Gm] bad tomorrow, brother [C] don't you worry, [F] ghetto _ [G] life, _ [C] talking [G] about ghetto life, _ _ _ _ _ [F] ghetto _ [Dm] life, _ [Em] baby.
[G] _
[Dm] I'm not going to be a bad, [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] ghetto [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] life, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] people got to get over, [G] _ _ _ _ talking about the life, _ _ _ _ [F] people got to get over, [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] talking about the life.
Let [G] _ me _ [F] out, [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] let me out, [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
let _ _ [C] _ [F] me out.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Where's [Gm] the big smoke, _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] where's the [Gm] big smoke, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ where's _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] the big smoke.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Where's the big smoke, where's the big [G] smoke, _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ where's the big _ [F] smoke. _
_ [D] Where's the big _ [C] _ [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
where's the big smoke.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [A] Where's the big [C] _ [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, where's the big smoke.
Where's the big smoke, [Bb] where's the big smoke, _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] where's [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] the big smoke.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [F] When I was [G] a young boy, growing up [C] in the ghetto, [G] hanging [Gm] out on corners, singing [C] with
the fellas, [F] looking for the cute chicks, [Em] trying to find me big fun, [G] looking [Gm] for some trouble,
anyone [C] who'd give me some.
[F] I was [G] going crazy, _ _ [F] _ _ didn't know what my life would be, _ [C] _ I was going
[Gm] oh so lazy, _ _ [G] something had a spell on me.
[C] _ [F] You all know what I'm talking about, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] you all know
I was going crazy, met this little cute girl, she said her [C] name was Nancy, [F] she had pigtails to [Gm] her shoulders, she couldn't have been [C] much older, [G] she taught me [Gm] what I had to know to make a girl [C] not want to go.
[F] She was going eee, _ [G] _ _ she laid her [Gm] pigtails down on me, [C] _ [F] and I was going [G] oh so [C] sneaky, _ [G] I had to see what love would be.
[C] I _ [F] _
knew it all along, that my game was [Dm] strong, _
[G] _ _ but I was wrong that time, _
[C] I knew I had to play, and get myself [Bb] _
[G] away.
You can think I was man [Em] enough, you can think I was smart [Gm] enough, you can think I was strong [C] enough, you can think I was, [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ sing [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ it till you feel it when you sing it, ghetto [A] life, you got to get [F] on over, ghetto life.
[F] When I [G] was a young boy, tenement [Em] slums and corner bumps, [Gm] playing tag with winos, the only [C] way to have some [F] fun, one thing about the ghetto, [G] you don't have [Em] to hurry, it'll be [Gm] bad tomorrow, brother [C] don't you worry, [F] ghetto _ [G] life, _ [C] talking [G] about ghetto life, _ _ _ _ _ [F] ghetto _ [Dm] life, _ [Em] baby.
[G] _
[Dm] I'm not going to be a bad, [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] ghetto [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] life, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] people got to get over, [G] _ _ _ _ talking about the life, _ _ _ _ [F] people got to get over, [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] talking about the life.
Let [G] _ me _ [F] out, [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] let me out, [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
let _ _ [C] _ [F] me out.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Where's [Gm] the big smoke, _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] where's the [Gm] big smoke, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ where's _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] the big smoke.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Where's the big smoke, where's the big [G] smoke, _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ where's the big _ [F] smoke. _
_ [D] Where's the big _ [C] _ [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
where's the big smoke.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [A] Where's the big [C] _ [G] smoke, where's the big smoke, where's the big smoke.
Where's the big smoke, [Bb] where's the big smoke, _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] where's [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] the big smoke.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _