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Children playing in the streets Chords

Music by: Ziggy Marley
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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D][G][C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Children
playing in [C]the [G]streets[D][G]
In- broken bottles and
[C]rubbish- [G]heaps[D][G]
There is a little baby got
nothing [C]to [G]eat
Cause [D]the [G]law
In the ghetto, bitter [C]was [G]sweet[D][G]
Sitting in the [C]darkness,
searching for the [Em]light[D]
[G]Struggling in the [C]ghetto,
trying to do the [Em]right
[D]Playing in the ghetto,
searching for the light
[G]Mother's screaming,
"Wash [C]the [G]car!"[D][G]
But the hit- and- run man had
[C]gone too [G]far[D][G]
Sitting in the dark[C]ness,
searching for the [Em]light[D]
[G]Struggling in the [C]ghetto,
trying to do the [Em]right[D][C][F][C]
Playing [G]in [C]the ghetto,
searching for the light
[G]In the ghetto, bitter [C]was [G]sweet[D][G]
And all that sweet will rot
[C]your [G]teeth[D][G]
Sitting in the dark[C]ness,
searching for the [Em]light[D]
Strug[G]gling in the [C]ghetto,
trying to do the [Em]right
Playing in the ghetto, searching
[D]for the light
[G]Mother's screaming, "Wash [C]the car!"
[G]Hey, kid! Wash that car[D]![G]
But the hit- and- run man had [C]gone too [G]far[D][G][C][Em][D]
[G][C][Em][D][G][C][Em]
[D][G][C][Em][D][G][C][Em]
[D]
[G]Sitting in the dark[C]ness,
searching for the [Em]light[D]
[G]Struggling in the [C]ghetto,
trying to do the [Em]right[D]
[G]Playing in the [C]ghetto,
searching for the [Em]light

[Outro 1]
[Em][D][C]
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