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19th July 2001, 7.45pm
VILLAGE GHETTO LAND by STEVIE WONDER
Written by Stevie Wonder and Byrd
From 'Songs In The Key Of Life' (Motown, 1976)
Chords used:
Capo at first fret
Am7: x02010 C: x32010
D7: xx0212 D: xx0232
G: 320033
F: 133211
G7: 320001
Am7 D7 G Am7 D7 G D7 G
Am7 D7 G
Would you like to go with me
Am7 D7 G
Down my dead end street?
F
Would you like to come with me
G7 C G7 C
To Village Ghetto Land?
Am7 D G
See the people lock their doors
Am7 D7 G
While robbers laugh and steal
F A7 C G7 C
Beggars watch and eat their meals - from garbage cans
Am7 D7 G D7 G
Am7 D7 G D G F
G7 C G7 C
Am7 D7 G
Broken glass is everywhere
Am7 D7 G
It's a bloody scene
F
Killing plagues the citizens
G7 C G7 C
Unless they own police
Am7 D G
Children play with rusted cars
Am7 D7 G
Scores cover their hands
F G7 C G7
Politicians laugh and drink - drunk to all demands
Am7 D7 G D7 G
Am7 D7 G D G F
G7 C G7 C
Am7 D7 G
Families buying dog food now
Am7 D7 G
Starvation roams the streets
F
Babies die before they're born
G7 C G7 C
Infected by the grief
Am7 D G
Now some folks say that we should be
Am7 D7 G
Glad for what we have
F C G7 C
Tell me would you be in happy in Village Ghetto Land
Am7 D7 G D7 G
Am7 D7 G D G
F
G7 C G7 C
Village Ghetto Land
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