Children playing in the streets chords by Ziggy Marley

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Children  (G major) 
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playing in  (C major) the streets  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
In- broken bottles and
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 (C major) rubbish- heaps  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
There is a little baby got
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nothing  (C major) to eat  (G major) 
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Cause  (D major) the  (G major) law
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In the ghetto, bitter  (C major) was  (G major) sweet  (D major)  (G major) 
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Sitting in the dark (C major) ness,
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searching for the  (E minor) light  (D major) 
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Strug (G major) gling in the ghetto,  (C major) 
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trying to do the  (E minor) right
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 (D major) Playing in the ghetto,
searching for the light
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 (G major) Mother's screaming,
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"Wash  (C major) the car!"  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
But the hit- and- run man had
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 (C major) gone too  (G major) far  (D major)  (G major) 
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Sitting in the dark (C major) ness,
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searching for the  (E minor) light  (D major) 
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Strug (G major) gling in the ghetto,  (C major) 
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trying to do the  (E minor) right  (D major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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Playing in  (G major)  (C major) the ghetto,
searching for the light
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 (G major) In the ghetto, bitter  (C major) was sweet  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
And all that sweet will rot
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your  (C major) teeth  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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Sitting in the dark (C major) ness,
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searching for the  (E minor) light  (D major) 
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Struggling  (G major) in the ghetto,  (C major) 
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trying to do the  (E minor) right
Playing in the ghetto, searching
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 (D major) for the light
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 (G major) Mother's screaming, "Wash  (C major) the car!"
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 (G major) Hey, kid! Wash that car!  (D major)  (G major) 
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But the hit- and- run man had  (C major) gone too far  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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Sit (G major) ting in the dark (C major) ness,
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searching for the  (E minor) light  (D major) 
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Struggling  (G major) in the ghetto,  (C major) 
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trying to do the  (E minor) right  (D major) 
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 (G major) Playing in the ghetto,  (C major) 
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searching for the  (E minor) light