Key: D minor
Intro 1
Esus4
A
Gsus4
C
Verse 1
C
When I was seventeen,
Am
I ran away from home
Dm
Gsus4
And from everything, I had ever known
Em
Am
I was sick and tired living in a town
Filled with narrow minds
and hate
Dm
Verse 2
Gsus4
C
They used to laugh at me and
Am
children called me names
Dm
Gsus4
I would run and hide feeling so ashamed
Em
Just for being born,
Am
I was just a boy
Punished for a crime that
F
Esus4
E
was not mine
F
Life
Verse 3
C
Dm
G
ain't so easy
F
G
When you're a ghetto child
F
C
G
Oh babe, life ain't so easy
F
When you're a ghetto
child
Esus4
E
Verse 4
Am
Dm
Am
No one tried to understand
Dm
Papa did the best a man
could do
Gsus4
C
Verse 5
Am
A child's reality is paid for by his folks
Dm
Gsus4
Fancy fairy tales are bought
and sold by those
Em
Am
Who can well afford time
to make believe
Childhood dreams,
Dm
can still come true
Gsus4
Verse 6
C
So I've been wondering,
Am
traveling all around
Dm
Guess it ain't my style
Gsus4
to live in just one town
Em
Am
Still I'll never know why
a child is blamed
Ridiculed and shamed,
F
Esus4
E
we're all the same
F
C
Life ain't so
Verse 7
G
easy
Am
F
G
When you're a ghetto child
F
C
G
I'm witness that life ain't so easy
F
Esus4
When you're a ghetto child,
E
Am
yeah
Dm
Verse 8
Am
Dm
Gsus4
C
Life
Gsus4
C
G
F
C
G
ain't so easy
F
G
When you're a ghetto child
F
C
G
Oh baby, life ain't so easy
Am
F
G
When you're a ghetto child
F
C
Life ain't so
Verse 9
easy
When you're a ghetto
Am
F
G
child
F
(Life can be rough) life ain't
C
G
so easy
Am
F
(With going gets tough) when
G
you're a ghetto child
Verse 10
F
C
(Yeah, but remember) life ain't so easy
G
F
G
When you're a (this gotta change) ghetto child
F
(they gotta change gotta change, yeah, yeah!)
C
G
Life ain't so easy
Am
F
G
When you're a ghetto child
(I'm a ghetto oh)
Verse 11
Life ain't so easy
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