Living For The City chords by Stevie Wonder (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(F sharp major) (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7) (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp major) (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7) (G sharp minor/F#)
Verse 1
(F sharp major) A boy is born (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) in hard time Missis (G sharp minor/F#) sippi
(F sharp major) Surrounded by (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) four walls that ain't so (G sharp minor/F#) pretty
(F sharp major) His parents give (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) him love and af (G sharp minor/F#) fection
(F sharp major) To keep him strong (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) moving in the right direction
Living (B6) just enough, (C sharp6) just enough
for the ci (F sharp major) ty (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7) (G sharp minor/F#)
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Verse 2
(F sharp major) His father works (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) some days for fourteen (G sharp minor/F#) hours
(F sharp major) And you can bet (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) he barely makes a (G sharp minor/F#) dollar
(F sharp major) His mother goes (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) to scrub the floors for (G sharp minor/F#) many
(F sharp major) And you'd best believe (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) she hardly gets a penny (G sharp minor/F#)
Living (B6) just enough, (C sharp6) just enough
for the ci (F sharp major) ty (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7) (G sharp minor/F#)
Interlude 1
Na- na- na... (F sharp/E) (D sharp minor7b5)
(Dsus4) (D major) (C major)
(C/A#) (A major) (G major) (F sharp major) (F sharp major)
Verse 3
(F sharp major) His sister's black (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) but she is sho' 'nuff (G sharp minor/F#) pretty
(F sharp major) Her skirt is short (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) but Lord her legs are (G sharp minor/F#) sturdy
(F sharp major) To walk to school (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) she's got to get up early (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp major) Her clothes are old (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) but never are they dirty (G sharp minor/F#)
Living (B6) just enough, (C sharp6) just enough
for the ci (F sharp major) ty (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7) (G sharp minor/F#)
Verse 4
(F sharp major) Her brother's smart (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) he's got more sense than (G sharp minor/F#) many
(F sharp major) His patience's long (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) but soon he won't have (G sharp minor/F#) any
(F sharp major) To find a job (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) is like a haystack needle (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp major) 'Cause where he lives (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp minor7) they don't use colored people (G sharp minor/F#)
Living (B6) just enough, (C sharp6) just enough
for the ci (F sharp major) ty (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7) (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp major) (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7)
Interlude 2
Na- na- na... (F sharp/E) (D sharp minor7b5)
(Dsus4) (D major) (C major)
(C/A#) (A major) (G major) (F sharp major) (F sharp major)
Outro 1
(F sharp major) (G sharp minor/F#) (F sharp minor7) (G sharp minor/F#)
(F sharp major) Living (G sharp minor/F#) just enough (F sharp minor7) for the (G sharp minor/F#) city
(F sharp major) Living (G sharp minor/F#) just enough (F sharp minor7) for the (G sharp minor/F#) city
[Repeat and fade]
Living For The City
Stevie Wonder
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