Gangsters Paradise Chords by Coolio

Gangsters Paradise Chords by Coolio

[Intro]
Ab  F  G  C    x2

[Verse 1]
     Ab                               Bb
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Ab       G                      Eb                  D
I take a look at my life and realize there's nuttin' left
      Ab                    Bb          Ab
Cause I've been blastin and laughin so long that
G                           Eb      C
Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

[Verse 2]
            Ab                             F
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
      G                         C
Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
    Ab                         F
You better watch how you talkin and where you walkin
   G                            C
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[Verse 3]
  Ab                        F
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
        G                         C
As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
Ab                         F
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
      G                         C
On my knees in the night, sayin prayers in the street light

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Verse 4]
     Ab                     F
Look at the situation, they got me facin
        G                         C
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the strict
     Ab                     F
So I gotta be down with the hood team
         D                         C
Too much television watchin got me chasin dreams

[Verse 5]
      Ab                     F
I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
       G                    C
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
      Ab                     F
I'm a loc'ed out gangsta, set-trippin banger
       G                        C
And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool

[Verse 6]
Ab                       F
Death ain't nuthin but a heartbeat away
          G                 C
I'm livin life do-or-die-a, what can I say?
    Ab                           F
I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-fo'?
    G                          C
The way things is goin I don't know

[Bridge]
        Ab      F     G        C
Tell me why are we so blind to see
         Ab      F        G       C
That the ones we hurt are you and me

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Verse 7]
Ab                   F
Power and the money, money and the power
G                    C
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Ab                     F
Everybody's runnin but half of them ain't lookin
          G                     C
It's goin on in the kitchen but I don't know what's cookin
Ab                          F
They say I got to learn but nobody's here to teach me
   G                         C
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?
Ab                      F
  I guess they can't, I guess they won't
             G                          C
I guess they front that's why I know my life is outta luck, fool

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Chorus]
Ab                      Bb        Ab
  We've been spending most our lives
       G                Eb     D
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

[Bridge]
        Ab      Bb Ab G         Eb
Tell me why are we so blind to see
D        Ab      Bb Ab    G C      Eb
That the ones we hurt are you and me

[Bridge]
        Ab      Bb Ab G         Eb
Tell me why are we so blind to see
D        Ab      Bb  Ab   G C      Eb  D
That the ones we hurt are you and me

[End]
Ab    Bb Ab G    Eb D     x2