Living For The City

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[Intro 1]
[D][Em][F][Em]
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[Verse 1]
[D]A boy is bor[Em]n
[F]in hard time Missis[Em]sippi
[D]Surrounded by[Em]
[F]four walls that ain't so [Em]pretty
[D]His parents giv[Em]e
[F]him love and af[Em]fection
[D]To keep him str[Em]ong
[F]moving in the right direction
Living [G]just enough, [A]just enough
for the [D]ci [Em]ty[F][Em]

[Verse 2]
[D]His father wor[Em]ks
[F]some days for fourteen [Em]hours
[D]And you can bet[Em]
[F]he barely makes a [Em]dollar
[D]His mother goe[Em]s
[F]to scrub the floors for [Em]many
[D]And you'd best bel[Em]ieve
[F]she hardly gets a [Em]penny
Living [G]just enough, [A]just enough
for the [D]ci [Em]ty[F][Em]

[Interlude 1]
Na- na- [D]na...[Dm]
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[Verse 3]
[D]His sister's bla[Em]ck
[F]but she is sho' 'nuff [Em]pretty
[D]Her skirt is sho[Em]rt
[F]but Lord her legs are [Em]sturdy
[D]To walk to sch[Em]ool
[F]she's got to get up [Em]early
[D]Her clothes are old[Em]
[F]but never are they [Em]dirty
Living [G]just enough, [A]just enough
for the [D]ci [Em]ty[F][Em]

[Verse 4]
[D]Her brother's sma[Em]rt
[F]he's got more sense than [Em]many
[D]His patience's lon[Em]g
[F]but soon he won't have [Em]any
[D]To find a job[Em]
[F]is like a haystack [Em]needle
[D]'Cause where he liv[Em]es
[F]they don't use colored [Em]people
Living [G]just enough, [A]just enough
for the [D]ci [Em]ty[F][Em]
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[Interlude 2]
Na- na- [D]na...[Dm]
[Bb][Ab]
[Ab][F][Eb][D][D]

[Outro 1]
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[D]Living [Em]just enou[F]gh for the city[Em]
[D]Living [Em]just enou[F]gh for the city[Em]
[Repeat and fade]