Song: Living for the city
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Composer: Stevie Wonder
Album: Innervisions
Tabbed by DJ
25th Jan 2016
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of )
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
= 022100 = x24444 = x13331
= xx2222 = x22222 = 4x333x
= xx2433 = xx0454 = 355433
= x02222 C#m7b5 = x42000 = 133211
= x02220 = x35553 = 022100
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A boy is born, in hard time Missis - sippi,
Surrounded by, four walls that ain't so pretty,
His parents give, him love and af - fection,
To keep him strong, moving in the right di - rection,
His father works, some days for fourteen hours,
And you can bet, he barely makes a dollar,
His mother goes, to scrub the floors for many,
And you'd best believe, she hardly gets a penny,
[Break]
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Woo! His sister's black, but she is sho' nuff pretty,
Her skirt is short, but, Lord, her legs are sturdy,
To walk to school, she's got to get up early,
Her clothes are old, but never are they dirty,
Hummm! Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many,
His patience's long, but soon he won't have any,
To find a job, is like a haystack needle,
'Cause where he lives, they don't use coloured people,
Living just e - nough, just e - nough,
[Break]
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| / / / / | / / / / |
[Keep repeating and ad lib]
||: Living ...just e - nough, ...for the city! Woh -oh! :||
[Break]
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[Narrative break]
His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty,
He spends his life, walking the streets of New York City,
He's almost dead, from breathing in air pol - lution,
He tried to vote, but to him there's no so - lution,
I hope you hear, in - side my voice of sorrow,
And that it motivates you to make a better to - morrow,
This place is cruel, no where could be much colder,
If we don't change, the world will soon be over,
Living just e -nough, stop giving just e -nough ...for the ci - ty!
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[Coda]
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