Living For The City chords by Stevie Wonder (Official Version)
Intro 1
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G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
F#
G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
Verse 1
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G#m/F#
A boy is born
F#m7
G#m/F#
in hard time Mississippi
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G#m/F#
Surrounded by
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G#m/F#
four walls that ain't so pretty
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G#m/F#
His parents give
F#m7
G#m/F#
him love and affection
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G#m/F#
To keep him strong
F#m7
moving in the right direction
B6
C#6
Living just enough, just enough
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G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
for the city
Verse 2
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G#m/F#
His father works
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G#m/F#
some days for fourteen hours
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G#m/F#
And you can bet
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G#m/F#
he barely makes a dollar
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G#m/F#
His mother goes
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G#m/F#
to scrub the floors for many
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G#m/F#
And you'd best believe
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G#m/F#
she hardly gets a penny
B6
C#6
Living just enough, just enough
F#
G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
for the city
Interlude 1
F#/E
D#m7b5
Na- na- na...
Dsus4
D
C
C/A#
A
G
F#
F#
Verse 3
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G#m/F#
His sister's black
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G#m/F#
but she is sho' 'nuff pretty
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G#m/F#
Her skirt is short
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G#m/F#
but Lord her legs are sturdy
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G#m/F#
To walk to school
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G#m/F#
she's got to get up early
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G#m/F#
Her clothes are old
F#m7
G#m/F#
but never are they dirty
B6
C#6
Living just enough, just enough
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G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
for the city
Verse 4
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G#m/F#
Her brother's smart
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G#m/F#
he's got more sense than many
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G#m/F#
His patience's long
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G#m/F#
but soon he won't have any
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G#m/F#
To find a job
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G#m/F#
is like a haystack needle
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G#m/F#
'Cause where he lives
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G#m/F#
they don't use colored people
B6
C#6
Living just enough, just enough
F#
G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
for the city
F#
G#m/F#
F#m7
Interlude 2
F#/E
D#m7b5
Na- na- na...
Dsus4
D
C
C/A#
A
G
F#
F#
Outro 1
F#
G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
F#
G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
Living just enough for the city
F#
G#m/F#
F#m7
G#m/F#
Living just enough for the city
[Repeat and fade]
Living For The City
Stevie Wonder
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