Ghetto Child Chords by Shemekia Copeland

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_ _ _ _ [C] Little [Cm] girl _ _ _ _ standing [Eb] _ [Cm] on the _ corner. _ _ _ _
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Somebody _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [G] please won't you lend a hand. _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ I'm just _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] a ghetto child.
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_ In _ [Eb] this so-called, _ _ [F]
in this so [Cm]-called free _ land.
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Somebody, _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] somebody _ somewhere out. _ _
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_ Somebody _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] please [G]
won't you give a dime. _
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[Cm] My mother _ _ _ she's sick _ _ in [Eb] the bed _ _ _ [F] most dying.
[Bb] _ _ [F] And I [Eb] ain't _ seen _ _
[F] _ my [Cm] daddy in a long _ time. _
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_ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] Now this [Cm] is the part that [C] moved me so much [G] right here. _
_ [Bm] _ [Cm] _ She said I [F] know [Cm] _ _ _
I _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _
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_ _ _ ought [G] to be in school. _ _ _
But _ _ I [Cm] went to school _ _ one morning [F] _ [Eb] and the _ _ teacher [F] she told me.
_ When [Eb] you come back child _ _ [F] _
have _ [Cm] _ _ _
on some shoes. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] I'm [Eb] just _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] a ghetto child.
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_ _ Somebody [Cm] please please help the ghetto child.
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_ _ _ [Cm] I'm just a _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] ghetto child.
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_ _ In [Eb] this so-called, _ _ [F] _
in this so-called free [C]
land.
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