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