Ab
Yeah
Fm G C
Ab    Fm       G        Cm
Mmmmhhhhmmmmm, Hmmmmmmm

[Verse]

Ab
Just a minute and I can tell you
          G                 Cm
About the things that don't need to be
Ab                                G
Here we are at the place where it all began
        Cm
People, can’t you see?
Ab                     Fm
Thought you knew about the west side
G                          Cm
East side Gs on the creep, you know
Ab          Fm
Only living for the day
      G                  Cm
Never worried about tomorrow

[Pre-Chorus]

       Ab        Fm            G
Always tripping, now we're slipping
Cm     Ab        Fm     G
Ladies bitching, babies missing
               Cm
From the evils of the world

[Chorus]

Ab
They've been spending most their lives
G                       Cm
Living in the gangsta's paradise
A
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
G         Eb
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Ab
We keep spending most of our lives
G                       Cm
Living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
G         Eb
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm

[Verse]

Ab                   Fm
Power and the money, money is the power
        G                           Cm
Ain't a damn thing funny, this is a jack, so, fool, don't you holler
Ab                      Fm
Cause I don't have that long and I know that it's wrong
G                     Cm
But I live by the G's rules and it's on
Ab                          Fm
So don't you trip, 'cause I won't slip
          G                     Cm
I keep my G's by my side and my thing on my hip
Ab                       Fm
So don't you creep by my hood without your heat
G                       C
Or it's the grim reaper that you’re sure to meet

[Refrain]

Ab           Fm   G           Cm
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Ab           Cm   G           Cm
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise

[Bridge]

Ab              Fm    G        Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
         Ab      Fm       G       Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me

[Chorus]

Ab
They've been spending most their lives
       G                Cm
Living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab        Bb
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
G         Cm
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Ab                       Bb
We keep spending most of our lives
       G                Cm
Living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab        Bb
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
G         C
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm

[Verse]

Ab                            Fm
Now here’s another that comes to mind
       G                       Cm
Bout a sister that put herself in a bind
Ab                   Fm
She keeps praying on the day
         G                               Cm
That her man would come home from prison to stay

[Pre-Chorus]

               Ab      Fm               G
The life she’s livin', the love she’s givin'
Cm          Ab       Fm               G
The pain is killin', the stress she’s feelin'
         Cm
From the evils of the world

[Chorus]

Ab                         Bb
They've been spending most of their lives
       G                Cm
Living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
G         Eb
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Ab               Bb
We keep spending most of our lives
       G                Cm
Living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
G         Eb
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm

[Bridge]

Ab      Bb            G        Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
         Ab      Bb       G       Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
        Ab            G        Eb
Tell me why are we so blind to see
         Ab               G       Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me

[Refrain]

Ab                G         Cm
Ain’t no gangstas living in paradise
Ab                G
Ain’t no gangstas living in paradise
Ab                G         Cm
Ain’t no gangstas living in paradise
Ab
Ain’t no gangstas living in paradise