Raised in Harlem chords by T‐Bone
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Intro 1
(A5)
(E major)
(A5) (E major)
(A5)
My people (G major) telling me that
Verse 1
(A5)
you the man
That can heal the sick with
ya healin' hand
(E major) Demand sick (A5) ness to scram
And got power like (G major) superman
(A5) Command the winds to cease
Even teach the priest and (E major) walk on water,
(A5) if this true
Then I got the faith that you can
(G major) heal my daughter
(A5) I'm down on my knees,
beggin' ya please
I need a blessing,
(E major) I'm tired of stress (A5) ing
Besides my daughter's
just (G major) an adolescent
(A5) I was Raised, (E major) raised in (A5) Harlem
My baby's (G major) dying in the (A5) street bleeding
Barely breathin', about to die, Hero
Caught up, sot up over these drugs
By some (G major) thugs, Her (A5) o
I know I'm just a chronic
(E major) breathin' heathen
(A5) That's thievin', grievin' and fendin' for
My daughter's healin'
But I'm still believin'
That you can find it in your (E major) heart
To help a man like me, heal
(A5) my baby
And take away her pain and this (G major) misery
I (A5) was Raised, (E major) raised in (A5) Harlem (G major)
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Verse 2
(E major) I'm pleadin' Hero,
just say a prayer she'll be O.K
I (F major) know that if you come and just say
the word to my (D minor) daughter
You'll take all the (D5) suf fering away
(E major) Just come and touch
her and hug her
I know that she'll recover
(F major) Me and her mother love
her like (G major) crazy
'Cause we got no other
(A5) Please (E major) Hero,
place (A5) your hands on her forehead
Just say the word
And raise my (B flat major) baby daughter
from the dead (A5)
Raised, (E major) raised in (A5) Harlem (G major)
Verse 3
(A5) What's this man (E major) got to offer?
(A5) I sent you to fetch a doc (G major) tor
(A5) You're too late, she's gone hereafter
Our daughter's a drive-
by dis (G major) aster (A5)
Just another wasted victim
A little teenaged girl who was
(G major) Raised in Har (A5) lem
Verse 4
Nah, it can't (A5) be, man
It just can't be, y'all
(G major) Ain't nobody (A5) dyin', Mammie,
so stop the (E major) cryin'
'Cause she 'fi'n to live
(A5) This is Hero,
the man who (A minor) came to heal our (G major) baby kid
(A5) Just have the faith and believe
(E major) that he can fulfill all our needs
Heed, him indeed,
(A5) He's the one who can heal our (G major) dyin' seed
(A5) I got the faith and trust
that (E major) he can save
Our baby darlin'
From Cali to (A5) Harlem
His healin' stats are flaw
(G major) less and startlin'
(A5) I was Raised, raised in Harlem (G major)
Verse 5
(E major) I'm pleadin' Hero,
just say a prayer she'll be O.K
I (F major) know that if you come and just say
the word to my (D minor) daughter
You'll take all the (D major) suffering away
(E major) Just come and touch
her and hug her
I know that she'll recover
(F major) Me and her mother love her like (G major) crazy
'Cause we got no other
(A minor) Please Hero,
place your hands on her forehead
Just say the word
And raise my baby daughter
from the dead
Raised, raised in Harlem
Verse 6
I need you, God (C major)
I know your heart is breaking
(G major) But this girl is only sleeping
(A minor) If you'll just give us
both a minute or two (F major)
Oh, yeah, (C major) they laugh instead of believing
(G major) They think I've lost my reason
(A minor) But don't fear what
you can't see or do (B flat major)
You just gotta believe, oh, just (G major) (A5)
(A minor) (A5) (A minor) (G major) (A5)
(A minor) (A5) (G major) (A5)
(G major) (A5)
(G major) (A5) (C major)
(A minor)
(A5) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (A5) (C major)
(A5) (C major) (A5) (A minor) (A5) (C major)
(E flat5) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (C major)
(A5) be (A minor) lieve
Verse 7
(E major) I'm pleadin' Hero,
just say a prayer she'll be O.K
I (F major) know that if you come and just say
the word to my (D minor) daughter
You'll take all the (D major) suffering away
(E major) Just come and touch
her and hug her
I know that she'll recover
(F major) Me and her mother love her like (D minor) crazy
'Cause we (D major) got no other
Please Hero,
(E major) place your hands on her forehead
Just say the word
And raise my baby daughter
from the dead
Raised, raised in Harlem
Verse 8
Do it, Hero I (F major)
know that you can heal her, my Hero
Just do it, Hero
I know (D major) that you can heal her, my Hero
(E major) Do it, Hero
I know that you can heal her, my Hero
(F major) Touch her, Hero
I know (G major) that your hands can
heal her, Hero
Raised, raised in Harlem
You know I was
Raised, raised in Harlem
Raised in the City, 'Jus (A5)
Raised, (E major) raised in (A5) Harlem
Yeah, (A5) yeah, my (G major) baby was (A5)
Raised, (E major) raised in (A5) Harlem
Raised in the city of Harlem, ya'll
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