Gangsta's Paradise Chords

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[Verse 1]
As [Am]I wal[F]k th[E]rough th[Am]e[F][E]
[Am]
valley of the shad[F]ow of death
I take a look [E]at my life and real
[Am]ize there's nothing left
'Cause I've been blastin'
and [F]laughin so long that
[G#aug]Even my ma'ma thin[E]ks
that my [Am]mind is gone
But I ain't never crossed a man
that did[E]n't deserve it
He be treated like a punk,
you know that's unheard of
You [Am]better watch how you talkin',
[F]an d where you [E]walkin'
Or you and your homies
might be [Am]lined in chalk
But I really hate to trip, but I [G]gotta loc'
As I [E]grow I see myself in
the [Am]pistol smoke, fool
I'm the kinda [F]G the little
homies wanna [E]be like
On my knees in the night

[Verse 2]
Sayin' prayers in the street light
[Am]Been spending most our lives living
[E]in the Gangsta's [Am]Paradise
Been spending most our lives living [E]in
the Gangsta's [Am]Paradise

[Verse 3]
And now [Am]why are we, so b[E]lind to [Am]see
That the ones we've hurt,
are [E]you and [Am]me

[Verse 4]
They got [Am]the situation,
they [F]got me facin'
I can't [E]live a normal life,
I was [Am]raised by the streets
So I gotta be down with the
[E]hood team
Too much television watchin'
got me [Am]chasin' dreams
I'm an educated [F]fool
[G]with money on my mind
[E]Got my ten in my hand and
a gleam in my eye
I'm [Am]a loc'ed out gangsta,
set- [F]trippin' [E]banger
And my homies is down,
so don't [Am]arouse my an[E]ger, fool
[Am]Death ain't nothin' but a
[E]heartbeat away
I'm livin' life do- or- die-
a, what [Am]can I say?
I'm twenty- three now, but will I
[E]live to see twenty- four?
The way things are goin' I don't know

[Verse 5]
Tell me [Am]why are we, so b[E]lind to [Am]see
That the ones we've hurt,
[E]are you and me[Am]
Now why are we, so [E]blind to [Am]see
That the ones we've hurt,
[E]are you and me[Am]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Power and the money,
[F]money and the power
[E]Minute after minute,
[Am]hour after hour
Everybody's runnin',
[E]but we don't even know
What's goin' on in the kitchen,
but [Am]I don't know what's co[G]okin'
They [Am]say I got to learn,
[E]but nobody's here to teach me
If [G#aug]they can't under[E]stand it,
[Am]how can they r[E]each me?
[Am]I guess they can't I gue[E]ss
they [G]won't
I guess [E]they front my life is outta luck, fool

[Verse 7]
[Am]Been spending most our l[F]ives living
[E]in the Gangsta's [Am]Paradise
Been spending most our lives living
[E]in the Gangsta's [Am]Paradise

[Verse 8]
Now [Am]why are we, [E]so blind to [Am]see
That the ones we hurt,
are [E]you and [Am]me
And now why are [F]we, so [E]blind to [Am]see
That the ones we [F]hurt, [E]are you and me