Living for the city
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1. A boy is born in hard time
Mississippi,
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surrounded
by four walls that ain't so pretty.
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His parents give him love and
affection,
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to
keep him strong moving in the right direction.
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living
just enough, just enough for the cit...................y !
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2. 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,
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living
just enough, just enough for the cit...................y !
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- Bb - G# - G# - F - D# - D
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3. 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,
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living
just enough, just enough for the cit...................y !
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4. 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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’cause where he lives they
don't use colored people,
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living
just enough, just enough for the cit...................y !
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+ D - D7 - G7
- Bb - G# - G# - F - D# - D
+ D - C - D - C
D - C D C D
+ Living just enough, living
for the city.
+ repeat last line with variations (10x) ....
(orig. = capo 4th; midi = capo 3rd)
(Stevie Wonder)