CHORDS: Spinners – Ghetto Child Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for Ghetto Child by Spinners on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
G Gadd13 Dmaj7
C C7 F

[Verse 1]
           F            Am
When I was seventeen, I ran
away from home
         Gm          C
And from everything, I had ever known
      Am             Dm
I was sick and tired living in a town
Dm                           Gm     C
Filled with narrow minds and hate
              F              Am
They used to laugh at me and children
called me names
        Gm           C
I would run and hide feeling
so ashamed
         Am
Just for being born,
Dm
I was just a boy
Dm
Punished for a crime
     Bb      A7
that was not mine

[Chorus]
Dm            C
Life ain't so easy
              Bb     C
When you're a ghetto child
         Dm            C
Oh babe, life ain't so easy
              Bb     A7
When you're a ghetto child

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[Bridge]
Dm              Gm
No one tried to understand
Dm           Gm               C
Papa did the best a man could do
C  Am  C

[Verse 2]
            F        Am
A child's reality is paid for
by his folks
       Gm             C
Fancy fairy tales are bought
and sold by those
        Am          Dm
Who can well afford time
to make believe
Dm
Childhood dreams, can still
     Gm       C
come true  Ah ha ha ha
             F
So I've been wondering,
Am
traveling all around
         Gm                C
Guess it ain't my style to live
in just one town
           Am         Dm
Still I'll never know why
a child is blamed
Dm
Ridiculed and shamed,
      Bb      A7
we're all the same

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[Chorus]
Dm            C
Life ain't so easy
              Bb     C
When you're a ghetto child
         Dm            C
Oh babe, life ain't so easy
              Bb     A7
When you're a ghetto child

[Interlude]
Dm Gm Dm Gm Bb C Am Am Bb C Am C
Dm            C
Life ain't so easy when
         Bb     C
you're a ghetto child
Dm            C
Life ain't so easy when
         Bb     C
you're a ghetto child
Dm            C
Life ain't so easy when
         Bb     C
you're a ghetto child
                    Dm            C
(Life can be rough) life ain't so easy
(When going gets tough)
              Bb     C
when you're a ghetto child
                    Dm            C
(Ahhh but remember) life ain't so easy

When you're a (things gotta change)
Bb     C
ghetto child
(they gotta change gotta change,
yeah, yeah!)
Dm            C
life ain't so easy When you're
  Bb     C
a ghetto child (I'm a ghetto oh)