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GHETTO
Akon
Album Trouble (2004)
Only two chords throughout the song
INTRO 
Gm   F
Gm   F      Gm        F      Gm     F
Ghetto, Ghetto,  Ghetto, Ghetto livin
VERSE 1
Gm                          F
These streets remind me of quicksand 
           Gm                   F
When your on it you keep goin' down - goin' down
            Gm
And there's no one to hold on to
            F
And there's no one to pull you out
             Gm
You keep on fallin'
                         F
And no one can here you callin'
                         Gm
So you end up self-destructin'
                                              F                                    Gm
On the corner with the tuli on the waist line just got outta the bing doin' state time
                                    F
Teeth marks on my back from the canine
                                       Gm
Dark memories of when there was no sunshine
                          F
They said that I wouldn't make it
                      Gm
I remember like yesterday (hey)
                      F
Holdin on to what God gave me
CHORUS
'cause that's the life when you're
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
Gm                   F
Sleeping in the ghetto
Cause thats the life when ur
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
Gm                 F
Sleeping in the ghetto
VERSE 2
Gm                  F                                  Gm
No need to cherish luxuries 'cause everythin' come and go
                               F
Even the life that you have is borrowed
                               Gm
'cause you're not promised tomorrow
                         F
So live your life as if everyday's gonna be your last
Gm
Once you move forward can't go back
F
Best prepare to remove your past
Gm
Cause you gotta be willin' to pray
            F                                     Gm
Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -oh
Yeah you gotta be willin to pray
           F                                       Gm
Yeah there gotta be there gotta be a better way -hey
                                       F
Whoever said that this struggle would stop today
                        Gm
A lot of niggas dead or locked away
                      F
Teenage Women growing up with AIDS
CHORUS
That's the life when you're
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
Gm                   F
Sleeping in the ghetto
Cause thats the life when ur
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
Gm                 F
Sleeping in the ghetto
BRIDGE
     Gm
Gun shots every night in the ghetto
         F
Crooked cops on sight in the ghetto
       Gm                            F
Every day is a fight in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh
    Gm
Got kids to feed in the ghetto
       F
Selling coke and weed in the ghetto
      Gm                                  F
Every day somebody bleeds in the ghetto oh oh oh oh oh
CHORUS
That's the life when you're
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
Gm                   F
Sleeping in the ghetto
Cause thats the life when ur
Gm
Living in the ghetto and
F
Eating in the ghetto or
Gm                 F
Sleeping in the ghetto

Ghetto chords and lyrics

Free chords for Ghetto by Akon. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

GHETTO
Akon
Album Trouble (2004)
Only two chords throughout the song
INTRO 
Gm   F
VERSE 1
CHORUS
'cause that's the life when you're
Cause thats the life when ur
VERSE 2
Yeah you gotta be willin to pray
CHORUS
That's the life when you're
Cause thats the life when ur
BRIDGE
CHORUS
That's the life when you're
Cause thats the life when ur

Ghetto Chords by Akon

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