Key: F major
Verse 1
G
Gm
We don't mind the smell
G
and we're used to all the rats,
C
G
so damp that I just can't sleep.
It's like heaven and hell with
the whites and the blacks
C
G
and the trash just stays in the street.
Bm
In our neighbourhood
Em
we don't care for the rich
Bm
Em
and our councillor, he's the son of a
B
Em
A time to stand and reach much higher
B
Em
He was ten and I was almost eight
B
Em
He called my friend a dirty liar
B
Em
G
We put our footprints upon his grave
The middle class kid
walked with his nose up high
C
G
He was clean with his curly hair
Gm
G
Well, we cut his lip and he started to cry
C
His blood dripped everywhere
Em
G
Bm
In our neighbourhood
Em
no one leads a gang
B
Bm
We're the sort of boys
Em
you won't understand
B
Em
A time to stand and reach much higher
B
Em
He was ten and I was almost eight
B
Em
B
He called my friend a dirty liar
Em
We put his footprints on his grave
B
G
But we dragged him down
to where the river
C
G
Meets the smelly drains in the wall
C
Well, he made no sound as we tied his feet
G
and he looks so sad and small
Bm
In our neighborhood when it's
Em
late late at night.
Bm
You think it's a cat when a baby
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