E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Gangstas Paradise - Coolio
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No capo. None of the other versions of the song sounded like the original so I
thought I'd do my own tab, and this sounds very accurate, especially if you play
along with the original song.
So it's basically these 4 chords played throughout the whole song, enjoy :)
AbFmGCmE|----4---1---3---3--|
B|----4---1---3---4--|
G|----5---1---4---5--|
D|----6---3---5---5--|
A|----6---3---5---3--|
E|----4---1---3---x--|
[Intro]
AbFmGCm
[Verse]
AbFm
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
GCm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
AbFm
Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
GCm
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
AbFm
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
GCm
Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
AbFm
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
GCm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
AbFm
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
GCm
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
AbFm
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
GCm
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
[Chorus]
AbFmGCm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[Verse]
AbFm
Look at the situation they got me facin'
GCm
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
AbFm
So I gotta be down with the hood team
GCm
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
AbFm
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
GCm
Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
AbFm
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
GCm
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
AbFm
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
GCm
I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
AbFm
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
GCm
The way things is going I don't know
AbFmGCm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
AbFmGCm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
[Chorus]
AbFmGCm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[Verse]
AbFm
Power and the money, money and the power
GCm
Minute after minute, hour after hour
AbFm
Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
GCm
What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
AbFm
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
GCm
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
AbFm
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
GCm
I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[Chorus]
AbFmGCm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
AbFmGCm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[Outro]
AbFmGCm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
AbFmGCm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
AbFmGCm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
AbFmGCm
That the ones we hurt are you and me