Living For The City Chords by Stevie Wonder

[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ .
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ .
_ [E] _ _ [F#] A boy's [E] born [F#m] in hard time _ [B] [F#] Mississippi, surrounded [F#m] by a world that ain't [E] so [F#] pretty.
His parents give [F#m].
him love and [F#] affection to keep him [E] strong, [F#m].
moving in the right direction,.
[G#m] living just enough, [A#m].
just [C#] [G#m] enough for the [F#] city.
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ .
_ _ [B] _ [F#] _ His father [B] works [F#m].
some days for fourteen [E] hours, [F#] and you [E] can bet [F#m].
he barely makes [B] a [F#] dollar.
His mother [E] goes [F#m].
to scrub the floors [F#] for many, and you best [B] believe [F#m].
she hardly gives [G#m] a penny,.
_ living just enough, [C#].
just [B] enough for [F#] the city.
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ .
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ All [D#] the time, [D] God loves [C] everyone.
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_ _ [A] His _ _ [G] _ _ .
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face [E] is black, [F#m] but she is shown [E] to be pretty.
[F#] Her skirt [E] is short, [F#m] but Lord her legs [E] are [F#] sturdy.
He walks to [F#m] school, she's got to get [E] up [F#] early.
Her [B] clothes are [F#m] old, but never are they [G#m] dirty, living just enough, [C#] just enough [B].
[F#] for the city.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ .
Her brother's [F#m] smart, he's got more sense than [G#] many.
[F#] His patience [F#m] long, but soon he [E] won't have any.
[F#] To find a job, [F#m] it's like to haste that [B] needle, [F#] cause where he [F#m] lives, they don't use [B] colored people.
Living just enough, _ [C#] just enough [F#] for the city.
_ [G#m] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ .
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[C] Ain't _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ .
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_ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ .
_ _ [B] nothing [F#] for the city, [F#m] just enough for [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
_ [B] the [F#] city.
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_ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ .
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[F#m] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ .
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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ .
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ .
Ain't nothing [B] for the [F#] city, [F#m] just enough for the city.
Living just enough, [G#m] just enough for the city.
[F#] _ _ [D#] Living just enough, just [D] enough _ _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ .
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ .
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ .
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ for.
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[G] _ [F#] the _ city.
Huh?.
I don't know.
What?.
I'm just going to take that street.
Oh no.
What'd I do?.
Turn around, turn around, put your hands [E] behind your back.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
The jury of [F#] your peers having found you guilty, hang you.
What?.
[F#m] Come on, come on.
[B] Get in that cell, nigga.
[F#] God.
_ [F#m] His _ [E] _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ [G#m] hair is [F#m] long, his feet are [B] hard and frizzy.
His fingers like [F#m] walking the streets of New [B] York City.
[F#] He's almost dead [F#m].
from breathing in air [E] [F#] pollution.
He's trying [B] to fight to human [F#] [B] evolution.
Living just enough, [A#m].
[C#] just enough [F#] for the city.
[F#m] _ _ .
I [B] _ _ [F#] _ hope you [G#m] hear [F#m].
inside my [B] voice the [F#] sorrow.
And I'll [G#m] motivate you [F#m] to feel even [B] better tomorrow.
[F#] I [B] can prove [F#m] no love can be much colder.
[F#] If we [B] don't [F#m] change, the world will soon be [B] over.
Livin' just enough, stop givin' [F#] just [A#m] [F#m] enough [F#] For today.
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_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ .
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[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ .
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