| id0 |
269 |
| title |
Living for the city |
| artist |
Stevie Wonder |
| year |
1973 |
| album |
Innervisions |
| playable |
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| title_artist |
livingforthecity_steviewonder |
| transpose |
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| count |
5 |
| status0 |
0 |
| lastdate |
1754786300 |
| ip |
216.73.216.246/Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com) |
| originalkey |
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A boy is born In Hardtime, Mississippi,
Surrounded by Four walls that ain't so pretty
His parents give him Love and affection
To keep him strong,
Movin' in the right direction
Living just enough, Just enough for the city Yeah
His father works Some days for fourteen hours,
And you can bet He barely makes a dollar
His mother goes
To scrub the floors for many,
And you'd best believe
She hardly gets a penny
Living just enough, Just enough for the city
His sister's black, But she is sho'nuff pretty
Her skirt is short, But Lord her legs are sturdy
To walk to school,
She's got to get up early
Her never are they dirty
Living just enough Just enough for the city
Her brother's smart, He's got more sense that many
His patience's long, But soon he won't have any
To find a job
Is like a haystack needle,
'Cause where he lives,
They don't use colored people
Living just enough, Just enough for the city
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: G)
Intro:
E F# G F# (x4)
Verse 1:
E F# G F#
A boy is born in hard time Missis-sippi
E F# G F#
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
E F# G F#
His parents give him love and af-fection
E F# G F#
To keep him strong moving in the right di-rection
Chorus 1:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...ee ha!
Verse 2:
E F# G F#
His father works some days for fourteen hours
E F# G F#
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
E F# G F#
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
E F# G F#
And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
Chorus 2:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...ee ha!
Middle 8:
E E7 A7
Da ba da da, da da da da
C Bb
Da da da da da da da
Bb7 G
Da da da da
F E
Da da da da da
Verse 3:
E F# G F#
His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty
E F# G F#
Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy
E F# G F#
To walk to school she's got to get up early
E F# G F#
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
Chorus 3:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...um hum
Verse 4:
E F# G F#
Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
E F# G F#
His patience's long but soon he won't have any
E F# G F#
To find a job is like a haystack needle
E F# G F#
Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
Chorus 4:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...
Middle 8 (2):
E E7 A7
Da ba da da, da da da da
C Bb
Da da da da da da da
Bb7 G
Da da da da
F E
Da da da da da
Coda:
E F# G F#
Living just e-nough...For the city... yeah
E F# G F#
Living just e-nough...For the city...
(Repeat several Times)
Verse 5:
E F# G F#
His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
E F# G F#
He spends his life walking the streets of New York City
E F# G F#
He's almost dead from breathing in air pol-lution
E F# G F#
He tried to vote but to him there's no so-lution
Chorus 5:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...
yeah, yeah, yeah!
Verse 6:
E F# G F#
I hope you hear in-side my voice of sorrow
E F# G F#
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
E F# G F#
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
E F# G F#
If we don't change the world will soon be over
Chorus 6:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city!!!!
Middle 8 (3):
E E7 A7
Da ba da da, da da da da
C Bb
Da da da da da da da
Bb7 G
Da da da da
F E
Da da da da da
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: G)
Intro:
E F# G F# (x4)
Verse 1:
E F# G F#
A boy is born in hard time Missis-sippi
E F# G F#
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
E F# G F#
His parents give him love and af-fection
E F# G F#
To keep him strong moving in the right di-rection
Chorus 1:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...ee ha!
Verse 2:
E F# G F#
His father works some days for fourteen hours
E F# G F#
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
E F# G F#
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
E F# G F#
And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
Chorus 2:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...ee ha!
Middle 8:
E E7 A7
Da ba da da, da da da da
C Bb
Da da da da da da da
Bb7 G
Da da da da
F E
Da da da da da
Verse 3:
E F# G F#
His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty
E F# G F#
Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy
E F# G F#
To walk to school she's got to get up early
E F# G F#
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
Chorus 3:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...um hum
Verse 4:
E F# G F#
Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
E F# G F#
His patience's long but soon he won't have any
E F# G F#
To find a job is like a haystack needle
E F# G F#
Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
Chorus 4:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...
Middle 8 (2):
E E7 A7
Da ba da da, da da da da
C Bb
Da da da da da da da
Bb7 G
Da da da da
F E
Da da da da da
Coda:
E F# G F#
Living just e-nough...For the city... yeah
E F# G F#
Living just e-nough...For the city...
(Repeat several Times)
Verse 5:
E F# G F#
His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
E F# G F#
He spends his life walking the streets of New York City
E F# G F#
He's almost dead from breathing in air pol-lution
E F# G F#
He tried to vote but to him there's no so-lution
Chorus 5:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, just enough for the city...
yeah, yeah, yeah!
Verse 6:
E F# G F#
I hope you hear in-side my voice of sorrow
E F# G F#
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
E F# G F#
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
E F# G F#
If we don't change the world will soon be over
Chorus 6:
A B E F# G F#
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city!!!!
Middle 8 (3):
E E7 A7
Da ba da da, da da da da
C Bb
Da da da da da da da
Bb7 G
Da da da da
F E
Da da da da da