Necessary Steps chords by June Marx

SimplifiedAm · C · Em · F# · G#aug

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Verse 1
Am 
C 
Am 
Em 
 (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor) I   ain't tryin' to survive,
I'm tryin' to live
Am 
C 
Am 
Em 
I  (A minor) ain't try (C major) in'  (A minor)  (E minor) to survive,
I'm tryin' to live
Am 
God bless  (A minor) the child,
born with a special style
Rep proud, Singapore to the Suez Canal
Em 
 (E minor) Pay respect and bow
Vets throwin' in the towel
That was then and this is now
Am 
The  (A minor) gritty sectors I prowl
Envisionin' brighter days
Sinners in the microwave
Listenin' to Isaac Hayes
Em 
 (E minor) Thinkin' Script full of treasure
like the island caves
Can't measure on the record
when the silence fades
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Yeah, just  (C major) that raw spit, forfeit
Talk slick, sharp wit,
craft I'm designin'
Em 
 (E minor) Guard split, torch laid, walk with the squad
Call darts like facets of a diamond
Am 
Elo (A minor) quent tactics, strategy linin'
C 
In  (C major) fact, when I'm rhyming,
I'm immaculate with time
Em 
And  (E minor) I   send that ass back to Zion
We act like a trap, lying, fragments flying
Am 
 (A minor) It's always life over death
C 
Am 
Em 
I take  (C major) necessary  (A minor) steps  (E minor) 
Where precious treasures are kept
We treasure loyalty and respect
Am 
 (A minor) It's always life over death
Em 
I take necessary steps  (E minor) 
Where precious treasures are kept
We treasure loyalty and respect
Am 
I  (A minor) float through hurdles,
blow smoke circles,
notes and verbals
Em 
Marco Polo's journals,  (E minor) 
poet herbals,
foreign treasures of all sorts
My style was born on park
benches and ball courts
Am 
 (A minor) Most men are off course,
tend to fall short
But they pen the dorse off,
Em 
defend at all cost (E minor) s
Marks, ten alliance with the elite
Tragedy to triumph, rising up on my feet
Am 
Rid (A minor) ing in the Jeep,
C 
I'm lying between  (C major) the lion and the sheep
We analyse the signs to the street
Em 
Find  (E minor) me on the creep or the winery,
refining me a beat
Siding between the thighs
Am 
of a freak as  (A minor) deep
C 
New York skyscraper (C major) s  blaze city skies
She speaks five languages,
behaves civilized
Em 
 (E minor) Dominican complexions and pretty eyes
Never liked a woman who
Am 
had skinny thigh (A minor) s
C 
So is  (C major) life over death
Am 
C 
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) We take  (C major) necessary  (A minor) steps  (E minor) 
Where precious treasures are kept
Am 
Treasure, loyalty and respect  (A minor) 
C 
Am 
Em 
So is life over death  (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
Four hours of public service
to all America.
C 
It can't happen here.  (C major) 
Am 
Em 
Am 
Well, this is what it looks like  (A minor) if   (E minor) it  should.  (A minor) 
Em 
Am 
Em 
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Em 
Em 
 (E minor)  (A minor)  (E minor)  (F sharp major)  (E minor)  (E minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
Fortunately,
G#aug 
we can move the clock back.  (G sharpaug) 
The time is not yet.
Let us pray that it never happens
in our country.