Living For the City by Stevie Wonder
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*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key- F#)


Intro-

D Em/D Dm7, Em/D (x4)

Verse 1-

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A boy is born, in hard time Missis-sippi,
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Surrounded by, four walls that ain't so pretty.
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His parents give, him love and af-fection,
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To keep him strong, moving in the right di-rection.

Chorus 1-

G A A7 D Em/D Dm7 Em/D
Living just enough, just e-nough, for the city... ee ha!

Verse 2-

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His father works, some days for fourteen hours,
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And you can bet, he barely makes a dollar.
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His mother goes, to scrub the floors for many,
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And you'd best believe, she hardly gets a penny.

Chorus 2-

G A A7 D Em/D Dm7 Em/D, D
Living just enough, just e-nough, for the city...

Bridge 1-

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Verse 3-

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His sister's black, but she is sho'nuff pretty,
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Her skirt is short, but Lord, her legs are sturdy.
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To walk to school, she's got to get up early.
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Her clothes are old, but never are they dirty.

Chorus 3-

G A A7 D Em/D Dm7 Em/D
Living just enough, just e-nough, for the city...

Verse 4-

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Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many.
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His patience's long, but soon he won't have any.
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To find a job, is like a haystack needle,
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'Cos where he lives, they don't use coloured people.

Chorus 4-

G A A7 D Em/D Dm7 Em/D, D
Living just enough, just e-nough, for the city...

Bridge 2-

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Da da da da, da da da da da.

Break-

D Em/D Dm7 Em/D
Living just e-nough, for the city, yeah,
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Living just e-nough, for the city.
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Living just e-nough, for the city, yeah,
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Living just e-nough, for the city.

D Em/D Dm7 Em/D
Living just e-nough, for the city, yeah,
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Living just e-nough, for the city.
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Living just e-nough, for the city, yeah,
D Em/D Dm7 Em/D
Living just e-nough, for the city.

Interlude-

D Em/D Dm7, Em/D (x4)

Verse 5-

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His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty,
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He spends his life, walking the streets of New York City.
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He's almost dead, from breathing in air pol-lution,
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He tried to vote, but to him there's no so-lution.

Chorus 5-

G A A7 D Em/D Dm7 Em/D
Living just enough, just e-nough, for the city...

Verse 6-

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I hope you hear, in-side my voice of sorrow;
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And that it motivates you to make a better to-morrow.
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This place is cruel, no where could be much colder,
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If we don't change; the world will soon be over.

Chorus 6-

G A A7 D Em/D Dm7 Em/D, D
Living just enough, just e-nough, for the city...

Outro-

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