These are the chords for Ghetto Child by Spinners on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[Intro]
G Gadd13 Dmaj7
C C7 F
[Verse 1]
F Am
When I was seventeen, I ran
away from home
Gm C
And from everything, I had ever known
Am Dm
I was sick and tired living in a town
Dm Gm C
Filled with narrow minds and hate
F Am
They used to laugh at me and children
called me names
Gm C
I would run and hide feeling
so ashamed
Am
Just for being born,
Dm
I was just a boy
Dm
Punished for a crime
Bb A7
that was not mine
[Chorus]
Dm C
Life ain\'t so easy
Bb C
When you\'re a ghetto child
Dm C
Oh babe, life ain\'t so easy
Bb A7
When you\'re a ghetto child
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[Bridge]
Dm Gm
No one tried to understand
Dm Gm C
Papa did the best a man could do
C Am C
[Verse 2]
F Am
A child\'s reality is paid for
by his folks
Gm C
Fancy fairy tales are bought
and sold by those
Am Dm
Who can well afford time
to make believe
Dm
Childhood dreams, can still
Gm C
come true Ah ha ha ha
F
So I\'ve been wondering,
Am
traveling all around
Gm C
Guess it ain\'t my style to live
in just one town
Am Dm
Still I\'ll never know why
a child is blamed
Dm
Ridiculed and shamed,
Bb A7
we\'re all the same
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[Chorus]
Dm C
Life ain\'t so easy
Bb C
When you\'re a ghetto child
Dm C
Oh babe, life ain\'t so easy
Bb A7
When you\'re a ghetto child
[Interlude]
Dm Gm Dm Gm Bb C Am Am Bb C Am C
Dm C
Life ain\'t so easy when
Bb C
you\'re a ghetto child
Dm C
Life ain\'t so easy when
Bb C
you\'re a ghetto child
Dm C
Life ain\'t so easy when
Bb C
you\'re a ghetto child
Dm C
(Life can be rough) life ain\'t so easy
(When going gets tough)
Bb C
when you\'re a ghetto child
Dm C
(Ahhh but remember) life ain\'t so easy
When you\'re a (things gotta change)
Bb C
ghetto child
(they gotta change gotta change,
yeah, yeah!)
Dm C
life ain\'t so easy When you\'re
Bb C
a ghetto child (I\'m a ghetto oh)