Ghetto Child Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Esus4][A]
[Gsus4][C]

[Verse 1]
When I was [C]seventeen,
I [Am]ran away from home
And from [Dm]everything, [Gsus4]I had ever known
I was [Em]sick and tired [Am]living in a town
Filled with narrow minds
and hate
[Dm]

[Verse 2]
[Gsus4]
They used to [C]laugh at me and
[Am]children called me names
I would [Dm]run and hide f[Gsus4]eeling so ashamed
Just for [Em]being born,
[Am]I was just a boy
Punished for a crime that
[F]was not [Esus4]mine[E]
[F]Life

[Verse 3]
[C]ain't [Dm]so e[G]asy
When you're [F]a ghetto c[G]hild
Oh babe, [F]life [C]ain't so [G]easy
When you're [F]a ghetto
child
[Esus4][E]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
No one tried to un[Dm]derstand[Am]
Papa did the be[Dm]st a man
could do
[Gsus4][C]

[Verse 5]
A child's reality is [Am]paid for by his folks
Fancy [Dm]fairy tales [Gsus4]are bought
and sold by those
Who can [Em]well afford [Am]time
to make believe
Childhood dreams,
can still come [Dm]true
[Gsus4]

[Verse 6]
So I've been [C]wondering,
[Am]traveling all around
Guess it [Dm]ain't my style
[Gsus4]to live in just one town
Still I'll [Em]never know [Am]why
a child is blamed
Ridiculed and shamed,
we're [F]all [Esus4]the same[E]
[F]Life [C]ain't so

[Verse 7]
[G]easy
When [Am]you're [F]a ghetto c[G]hild
I'm witness that [F]life [C]ain't so [G]easy
When you're [F]a ghetto c[Esus4]hild,
[E]yea[Am]h
[Dm]

[Verse 8]
[Am]
[Dm]Life[Gsus4][C]
[Gsus4][C]
[G]ain[F]'t [C]so easy[G]
When you're [F]a ghetto c[G]hild
Oh baby, [F]life [C]ain't so [G]easy
When [Am]you're [F]a ghetto c[G]hild
[F]Life [C]ain't so

[Verse 9]
easy
When you're a ghetto
[Am]chil[F]d[G]
(Life can be [F]rough) life ain't
[C]so eas[G]y
[Am](With going [F]gets tough) when
you're a ghetto [G]child

[Verse 10]
(Yeah, but [F]remember) life [C]ain't so easy
[G]When you're a (th[F]is gotta change) ghetto chi[G]ld
(they gotta change gotta [F]change, yeah, yeah!)
[C]Life ain't so eas[G]y
When [Am]you're [F]a ghetto chi[G]ld
(I'm a ghetto oh)

[Verse 11]
Life ain't so easy