{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2139985,"song":"Gangstas Paradise","artist":"Coolio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11463746-gangstas-paradise-chords-by-coolio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2139985?type=chord","rating":4.97268,"votes":133,"content":"Gangsta's Paradise                             - Coolio\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  (2x)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs I walk through the valley of the shadow of death[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCause I've been blasting and laughing so long,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat even my mama thinks that my mind is gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMe be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou better watch how you're talking and where you're walking[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOr you and your homies might be lined in chalk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI really hate to trip but I gotta loc[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOn my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLook at the situation they got me facin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I gotta be down with the hood team[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nToo much television watching got me chasing dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm an educated fool with money on my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nGot my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDeath ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI'm living life, do or die, what can I say[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm twenty three now, but will I live to see twenty four[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe way things are going I don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTell me why are we so blind to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat the ones we hurt are you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPower and the money, money and the power[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMinute after minute, hour after hour[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEverybody's running, but half of them ain't looking[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhat's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf they can't understand it, how can they reach me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI guess they can't, I guess they won't[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTell me why are we so blind to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat the ones we hurt are you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTell me why are we so blind to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat the ones we hurt are you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  (2x)","plain_text":"Gangsta's Paradise                             - Coolio\n\n[Intro]\nG  Em  F#  Bm  (2x)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  Em  F#  Bm  (2x)","chords":["G","Em","F#","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}