Across 110th Street

Bobby Womack

  • Am
  • C/G
  • Dm
  • E
  • E7
  • Em
  • F
  • G
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Key:
Am E
Am E
Am Dm Em
Am Dm Em [Verse 1]
Dm I was the third brother of five
Am Doing whatever I had to do to survive
Dm I'm not saying what I did was alright
Am Trying to break out of the ghetto
C/G Am was a day to day fight
Dm Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind
Am I knew there was a better way of life and I was just trying to find
Dm You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure
Am Across 110th Street is a hell of a
G tester [Chorus]
F G Across 110th Street
Em Pimps trying to catch a woman
Am that's weak
F G Across 110th Street
Em Pushers won't let the junkies go
Am free
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F G Across 110th Street
Em Woman trying to catch a trick on
Am the street, ooh baby
F G Across 110th Street
Em E7 You can find it all in the street, oh [Break]
Am Dm Em Ooooh....
Am I got one more thing I'd like
Dm Em to talk to you about right now [Verse 2]
Dm Hey brother, there's a better way out
Am Snorting that coke, shooting that dope man, you're copping out
Dm Take my advice, it's either live or die
Am You've got to be strong, if you
C/G Am want to survive
Dm The family on the other side of town
Am Would catch hell without a ghetto around
Dm In every city you find the same thing going down
Am Harlem is the capital of every
G ghetto town, help me sing it [Chorus]
F G Across 110th Street
Em Pimps trying to catch a woman
Am that's weak
F G Across 110th Street
Em Am Pushers won't let the junkie go free
F G Across 110th Street
Em A woman trying to catch a trick on
Am the street, ooh baby
F G Across 110th Street
Em E7 You can find it all in the street, oh [Other]
Am Dm In the street, yes, you can,
Em Oh, look around you, look around you, look around you
Am Dm Em look around you, yeah
Song details

Composition: Bobby Womack and J.J. Johnson

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