Tough Life Chords by Junior Kelly

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[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ So right now [E] we come to address a little [Gb] issue, yeah
[Ab] I'm say we don't make a bad war, none [Dbm] of this in this here
You know, Jim and [E] Kelly is for the poor, yeah
[Ab] We just can't take it no more, no [Dbm] money on it
Not a nickel, not a dime, [Gb] not a penny
[Ab] But my responsibilities, there are many
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Still try [E] my best to stay away [Ab] from crime
_ And this is what I [Dbm] find
People are troubled [E] when they wake, clear the riches [Ab] and they're free
There is no better path of [Dbm] future _
Gunplay, [E] body found, cross a living, [Ab] make me frown
_ Separation is a big fuck [Dbm] there
Blind, [E] I live blind, white [Ab] collar crime
And I see that we ain't got no [Dbm] leaders
Cause the parliament [E] think that all is well
[Ab] But we still want the water, water flow and the rice can swell _
With all the pressure, [E] only time will tell
[Ab] So I see the ghetto people, they will shout and yell
[Dbm] Strong faith make me not [E] pick up my gun and rebel
[Ab] Go to landers and every day
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But one day we'll overcome _ _
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_ [E] Oooh it's a tough [Ab] life _
[Abm] _ _ I'm living _ [Dbm] it, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah
It's a tough [Ab] _ _
life, but we gott to survive
[Dbm] _
Oooh _ [E] _ it's a tough [Ab] _
life
_ I'm living it, [Dbm] yeah, yeah, yeah
[E] It's a hard [Ab] _
life, but we gott to survive
We [Dbm] _ _
[E] got to organize and [Ab] centralize, that's the only way it's gonna work.
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_ Fundamentally, [E] collectively, that's [Ab] the only way we're gonna break the way justice is.
_ [Dbm] So many years [E] of _ oppression, [Ab] then many more years of _ starvation.
[Dbm] They say they're tripping, we [E] put them so hypocritical.
[Abm] We dem climb and let them be so political.
[B] _ _
But one day we will overcome.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Db] So dem say we [E] don't put it very central.
_ [Abm] Dem say the police speak in three twos so brutal.
[Dbm] It's just a matter of time [E] now before the youths get to [Ab] us.
_ _ _ _ [Abm] The [Dbm] youths dem running out of patience.
And dem a put [Ab] to drop the bomb.
_ _ _ [Dbm] Well, and now the youths dem knocking [E] on our closed door.
_ [Ab] Opportunity no longer exist no more.
[Dbm] All I see is [E] gunfire, chains and ligatures.
And [Ab] you like that, put me at the end of [Dbm] this.
Oh, [E] oh, oh, it's a tough [Ab] life.
_ _ I'm living it.
[Dbm] Yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, it's a tough [Ab] life.
_ Baby, I can see [Dbm] that.
Oh, [E] oh, oh, it's a tough [Ab] life.
_ _ I'm living _ [Dbm] it.
Yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, it's a tough [Ab] _
life.
Baby, I can see that.
You [Dbm] _
know, _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
I'm _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ living it.
_ [Ab] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] I'm _ _ [E] living it.
_ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm living [Dbm] it.
I'm living it.
_ [E] _ _ I'm [Ab] _
living it.
I'm living it.
_ _ _ [Dbm] I'm living it.
But one day we will _ overcome.
[Ab] _ _
_ I know.
_ _ [Dbm] Oh, oh, [E] oh, it's a tough [Ab] _
life.
I'm living it.
[Dbm] Yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, it's a tough [Abm] _
life.
Baby, I can see that.
[Dbm] Oh, oh, [E] oh, it's a tough [Ab] _
life.
_ I'm living it.
[Dbm] Yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, it's a tough [Ab] life.
_ Baby, [Abm] I can see that.
[Dbm] Oh, [E] oh, oh, it's a tough [Ab] life.
_ I'm living it.
_ [Dbm] Yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, it's a tough [Abm] life.
_ Baby, I can see that.
[Dbm] Oh, [E] oh, oh, [Gb] it's a tough _ [Ab] life.
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