[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)
