Gangsta's Paradise chords by
Coolio

1995Hip-hop12.9K views

Key: C minor

Intro 1

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

Verse 1
Ab Ab 
 
As I walk through the valley
Fm Fm 
 
of the shadow of death
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
I take a look at my life and realize
there's nothin' left
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long
G G 
 
That even my momma thinks
Cm Cm 
 
that my mind is gone
Ab Ab 
 
But I ain't never crossed a man
Fm Fm 
 
that didn't deserve it
G G 
 
Me be treated like a punk,
Cm Cm 
 
you know that's unheard of
Ab Ab 
 
You better watch how you talkin'
Fm Fm 
 
and where you walkin'
G G 
 
Or you and your homies
Cm Cm 
 
might be lined in chalk
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
G G 
 
As they croak,
Cm Cm 
 
I see myself in the pistol smoke
Ab Ab 
 
Fool, I'm the kinda G
Fm Fm 
 
the little homies wanna be like
G G 
 
On my knees in the night,
Cm Cm 
 
sayin' prayers in the streetlight

Chorus 1
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
They been spending most their lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
They been spending most their lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
We keep spending most our lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
We keep spending most our lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Verse 2
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Look at  the situation they got me facin'
G G 
 
I can't live a normal life,
Cm Cm 
 
I was raised by the street
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
So I gotta be down with the hood team
G G 
 
Too much television watching,
Cm Cm 
 
got me chasing dreams
Ab Ab 
 
I'm a educated fool
Fm Fm 
 
with money on my mind
G G 
 
Got my ten in my hand
Cm Cm 
 
and a gleam in my eye
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
G G 
 
And my homies is down,
Cm Cm 
 
so don't arouse my anger
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
I'm livin' life do or die, yeah, what can I say?
Ab Ab 
 
I'm twenty-three now
Fm Fm 
 
but will I live to see twenty-four?
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
The way things is going I don't know

Bridge 1

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

Tell me why are we so blind to see

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Chorus 2
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
They been spending most their lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
They been spending most their lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
We keep spending most our lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
We keep spending most our lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Verse 3
Ab Ab 
 
Power and the money,
Fm Fm 
 
money, and the power
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Ab Ab 
 
Everybody's running,
Fm Fm 
 
but half of them ain't lookin'
G G 
 
It's going on in the kitchen,
Cm Cm 
 
but I   don't know what's cookin'
Ab Ab 
 
They say I gotta learn,
Fm Fm 
 
but nobody's here to teach me
G G 
 
If they can't understand it,
Cm Cm 
 
how can they reach me?
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
G G 
 
I guess they front,
Cm Cm 
 
that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

Chorus 3
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
They been spending most their lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
They been spending most their lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
We keep spending most our lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
We keep spending most our lives
G G 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Bridge 2

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

Tell me why are we so blind to see

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

Tell me why are we so blind to see

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Intro 2

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Fm

G

Cm

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

Ab

Fm

G

Cm

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