Gangstas Paradise chords by Coolio (Ver. 2)

Ab              Em
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
     Gb           Cm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left
   Ab              Em
'Coz I've been laughin and blastin' so long, that
     Gb           Cm
Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

   Ab              Em
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
     Gb           Cm
Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
   Ab              Em
You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'
     Gb           Cm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

   Ab              Em
I really hate to trip but I gotta, go
     Gb           Cm
As I grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
   Ab              Em
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
     Gb           Cm
On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

 Ab          Em
Been spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
Been spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
keep spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
keep spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

   Ab              Em
They got the situation, they got me facin'
     Gb           Cm
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
   Ab              Em
So I gotta be down with the hood team
     Gb           Cm
Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

   Ab              Em
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
     Gb           Cm
Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
   Ab              Em
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
     Gb           Cm
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool

   Ab              Em
Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
     Gb           Cm
I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say
   Ab              Em
I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four
     Gb           Cm
The way things are going I don't know

"Do just a strum on the chords"
Ab       Em
Tell me why are we
Gb     Cm
so blind to see
Ab       Em
That the one's we hurt
Gb     Cm
are you and me

 Ab          Em
Been spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
Been spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
keep spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
keep spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Ab
Power and the money
 Em
money and the power
Gb
Minute after minute
Cm
hour after hour

Ab
Everybody's runnin'
 Em
but half of them ain't lookin'
Gb
What's going on in the kitchen
Cm
but I don't know what's cookin'

 Ab
They say I gotta learn
 Em
but nobody's here to teach me
Gb
If they can't understand it
Cm
 how can they reach me

 Ab
I guess they can't
 Em
I guess they won't
Gb
I guess they front
Cm
that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

 Ab          Em
Been spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
Been spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
keep spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Ab          Em
keep spendin' most our lives
 Gb           Cm