Inner City Blues

- Marvin Gaye

{Intro} [Ebm9]

{Verse 1} [Ebm9] Rockets, moon shots spend it on the have nots Money, we make it before we see it you take it

{Chorus} [Ab] Oh, make you wanna holler the way they do my life yeah Make me wanna holler the way they do my life [Ab] This ain't livin' [Ebm9] This ain't livin', oh no baby this ain't livin', oh no no

{Verse 2} [Ebm9 (keys slow fill Gb Bb F) ] Inflation no chance to increase finance [ (keys slow fill Db Bb Db Bb) ] Bills pile up sky high send that boy off to die

{Chorus} [Ab] Oh, make you wanna holler the way they do my life Make me wanna holler the way they do my life [Ebm9] Da da dada

{Verse 3} [Ebm9] Hang ups, let downs, bad breaks, set backs Natural fact is honey that I can't pay my taxes

{Chorus} [(sing lower pitch)] [Ab] Oh, make me wanna holler and throw up both my hands Yea, it makes me wanna holler and throw up both my hands

{Verse 4} [Ebm9] Crime is increasing trigger happy policing Panic is spreading god knows where we're heading

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{Outro} [Bbm7 ] Father father, everybody thinks we're wrong
But who are they to judge us,
simply cause we wear our hair long [N.C. Dbm] Ohhhhhh