Woman Of The Ghetto chords by Phyllis Dillon

SimplifiedFm · G# · Em · G

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Intro 1

Verse 1

I was born and raised in the ghetto

I'm a woman of the ghetto

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Interlude 1

Listen to me, legislator

Verse 2

How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?

Feed one child and starve another?

Tell me, tell me, legislator

Interlude 2

Verse 3
Fm 
How do you make  (F minor) your
bread in the ghetto?
How do you make your
bread in the ghetto?
Take from the souls of the
dead in the ghetto
Tell me, tell me,
Em 
Fm 
legis (E minor) lator  (F minor) 

Verse 4
Fm 
Em 
Fm 
 (F minor)  (E minor)  (F minor) 
Em 
Fm 
Now how  (E minor)  (F minor) do you get rid of rats
G# 
Fm 
in the ghetto?  (G sharp major)  (F minor) 
How do we get rid of rats
Em 
in the ghetto?  (E minor) 
Fm 
Em 
Fm 
Em 
Eat  (F minor)  (E minor) one  (F minor) black  (E minor) 
G 
and one white  (G major) 
Em 
Fm 
Em 
G 
Em 
Fm 
Em 
Tell  (E minor) me,  (F minor) tell me,  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (F minor)  (E minor) legislator

Interlude 3

Verse 5
Em 
My children  (E minor) learned just the same
G 
Em 
Fm 
Em 
as yours  (G major)  (E minor)  (F minor)  (E minor) 
Long as nobody tries to close the door
Fm 
Em 
They cry with  (F minor) pain  (E minor) when
the knife cuts deep
They close their eyes when

Interlude 4

they wanna sleep

Verse 6
Em 
Fm 
Em 
How do you  (E minor) raise your  (F minor) kids  (E minor) in
Fm 
Em 
Fm 
Em 
 (F minor) the ghetto?  (E minor)  (F minor)  (E minor) 
How do you raise your kids in the ghetto?
G 
Em 
Feed one child and starve another (G major)  (E minor) ?
G 
Em 
G 
Em 
Tell me,  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) tell me, legislator

Verse 7
Em 
 (E minor) 
G 
Tell my people  (G major) I wanna
Em 
G 
Em 
G 
know  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
Em 
G 
Em 
 (E minor) Life can not be free, oh  (G major)  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
I hope one day  (G major)  (E minor) 
I get out of the ghetto
G 
Em 
G 
Em 
Tell me,  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) tell me,
legislator