Gangstas Paradise Acoustic chords by Coolio

Chords with lyrics

I struggled to find a tab for this that actually sounded decent.
This is my first tab but i'd say it's pretty accurate.

For the intro I pick the top two strings (G+G & C majorC) with the chords.
But that's just a suggestion.

Cheers ~Sam

Intro: FF DmDm E7E7 A minorAm

Verse:

FF             DmDm
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
     E7E7          A minorAm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
    FF           DmDm
Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
    E7E7            A minorAm
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
       FF            DmDm
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
  E7E7                  A minorAm
Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
 FF               DmDm
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
  E7E7             A minorAm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
  FF           DmDm
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
    E7E7           A minorAm
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
FF           DmDm
I'm the kinda G+G the little homies wanna be like
   E7E7           A minorAm
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight

Chorus:

FF       DmDm          E7E7      A minorAm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
FF       DmDm          E7E7       A minorAm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
FF       DmDm          E7E7       A minorAm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
FF       DmDm          E7E7       A minorAm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise

The chords are the same throughout, rinse and repear the above! ^

Look at the situation they got me facin'

I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets

So I gotta be down with the hood team

Too much television watching got me chasing dreams

I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye

I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger

And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger,

Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,

I'm living life, do or die, what can I say

I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24

The way things are going I don't know

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me

Chorus:

Verse:
Power and the money, money and the power

Minute after minute, hour after

Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking

What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

If they can't understand it, how can they reach me

I guess they can't, I guess they won't

I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

Chorus:


Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me

Tell me why are we so blind to see