Gangsta's Paradise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
As I [F]walk through the valley
of the [Dm]shadow of death
I take a [E]look at my life and real[Am]ize
there's nothin' left
'Cause [F]I've been blastin' and [Dm]laughin' so long
That [E]even my momma thinks
that my [Am]mind is gone
But I ain't [F]never crossed a man
that [Dm]didn't deserve it
Me be [E]treated like a punk,
you [Am]know that's unheard of
You [F]better watch how you talkin'
[Dm]and where you walkin'
Or [E]you and your homies
might be [Am]lined in chalk
I [F]really hate to trip, but I [Dm]gotta loc
As they [E]croak,
I see myself in the [Am]pistol smoke
Fool, [F]I'm the kinda G
the little [Dm]homies wanna be like
On my [E]knees in the night,
sayin' [Am]prayers in the streetlight

[Chorus 1]
[F]They been spending mos[Dm]t their lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]They been spending mos[Dm]t their lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]We keep spending mos[Dm]t our lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]We keep spending mos[Dm]t our lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise

[Verse 2]
Look [F]at the situation they [Dm]got me facin'
I can't [E]live a normal life,
I was [Am]raised by the street
So I [F]gotta be down with the [Dm]hood team
Too much [E]television watching,
got me [Am]chasing dreams
I'm a [F]educated fool
with mo[Dm]ney on my mind
Got my [E]ten in my hand
and a [Am]gleam in my eye
I'm a [F]loc'd out gangsta, [Dm]set trippin' banger
And my [E]homies is down,
so don't a[Am]rouse my anger
Fool, [F]death ain't nothin' but a [Dm]heart beat away
I'm livin' [E]life do or die, yeah, [Am]what can I say?
I'm [F]twenty-three now
but will I [Dm]live to see twenty-four?
The [E]way things is going I don't [Am]know

[Bridge 1]
Tell me [F]why are [Dm]we so bl[E]ind to s[Am]ee
That the [F]ones we [Dm]hurt are [E]you and [Am]me?

[Chorus 2]
[F]They been spending mos[Dm]t their lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]They been spending mos[Dm]t their lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]We keep spending mos[Dm]t our lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]We keep spending mos[Dm]t our lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise

[Verse 3]
[F]Power and the money,
[Dm]money, and the power
[E]Minute after minute, [Am]hour after hour
[F]Everybody's running,
but [Dm]half of them ain't lookin'
It's going [E]on in the kitchen,
but [Am]I don't know what's cookin'
They [F]say I gotta learn,
but no[Dm]body's here to teach me
If [E]they can't understand it,
[Am]how can they reach me?
[F]I guess they can't, I gue[Dm]ss they won't
I guess they [E]front,
that's why I know my [Am]life is out of luck, fool

[Chorus 3]
[F]They been spending mos[Dm]t their lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]They been spending mos[Dm]t their lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]We keep spending mos[Dm]t our lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise
[F]We keep spending mos[Dm]t our lives
Livin' [E]in a gangsta's [Am]paradise

[Bridge 2]
Tell me [F]why are [Dm]we so bl[E]ind to s[Am]ee
That the [F]ones we [Dm]hurt are [E]you and [Am]me?
Tell me [F]why are [Dm]we so bl[E]ind to s[Am]ee
That the [F]ones we [Dm]hurt are [E]you and [Am]me?

[Intro 2]
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