Uptown Babies Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
See the little [D]lad,
selling Kiss - cup?
Shouting; Kiss ca- pop, Kiss ca- pop.

[Verse 2]
Kiss ca- pop, Kiss ca- pop's.
[D]
See the little lad, selling star?
Shouting; star news, read the news.

[Verse 3]
Read the news, rends the news.
[D]
He is [A]doing it you see.
To help his [G]mummy pay the fee.
For little junior to go to [D]school.

[Verse 4]
[D]
[A]Uptown babies don't cry.
They don't [G]know what hungry is [D]like.
[A]Uptown babies don't cry.
They don't know [G]what suffering is [D]like.
They have mummy and daddy.
Lot's of toys to play with
Nanny and granny.
Lot's of friends to stay with.
[A]Uptown

[Verse 5]
babies don't cry.
They don't [G]know what hungry is [D]like.
[A]Uptown babies don't cry.
They don't [G]know what suffering [D]is like.
They have mummy and daddy.
Lot's of toys to play with
Nanny and granny.

[Interlude 1]
Lot's of feiends to say with.
[D][A][D]

[Verse 6]
(.) Hear that [D]little
baby crying?
Yes she's crying, she's crying.

[Verse 7]
She's crying because she's hungry.
[D]
You can hear her mama saying.
It ain't easy, ain't easy.

[Verse 8]
Ain't easy when you're poor, you see.
[D]
And [A]speaking of life in the ghetto.
Where [G]sur- vival is the motto.
And putting it to you.
Poverty is [D]a sin.

[Verse 9]
[D][A]
Uptown babies don't cry.
They don't [G]know what hungry is [D]like.
[A]Uptown babies don't cry.
They [G]know what suffering [D]is like.
They have mummy and daddy.
Lot's of toys to play with
Nanny and granny.
Lot's of friends to stay with.
[A]Uptown

[Verse 10]
babies don't cry.
They don't [G]know what hungry is [D]like.
[A]Uptown babies don't cry.
They don't [G]know what suffering [D]is like.
They have mummy and daddy.
Lot's of toys to play with
Nanny and granny.

[Interlude 2]
Lot's of friends to stay with.
[D]

[Verse 11]
[D]Uptown babies don 't cry.
Don't cry, don't cry.
(Mummy and daddy)
They don't know what
suffering is like
(Mummy and daddy)

[Verse 12]
Uptown [D]babies don't cry.
Don't cry, don't cry
(Mummy and daddy)
They don't know what suffering is like.