Across 110th Street Chords & Lyrics by Bobby Womack
Across 110th Street
guitar chords lyrics
Featured in the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's blaxploitation homage Jackie Brown (1997).
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"Across 110th Street" performed by Bobby Womack and Peace
Tuning -
To stay true to the track, tune in between E Standard and Eb.
Capo. Fret 2.
Intro
Am / EmMaj7 x3 G G / G G
Am / EmMaj7 / G G / G G
Verse
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 F Am
Trying to break out of the ghetto 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 tester
Chorus
F G
Across 110th Street
Em Am
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
F G
Across 110th Street
Em Am
Pushers won't let the junkie go free
F G
Across 110th Street
Em Am
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby
F G
Across 110th Street
Em EmMaj7 (Work out strumming pattern for strings)
You can find it all in the street, oh
Instrumental break (similar to intro)
Am / EmMaj7 / G G / G G
Am / EmMaj7 / G G / G G
I got one more thing I'd like to yell about right now
Verse
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 F Am
You've got to be strong, if you 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 ghetto town
Dm
Help me sing it
Chorus
F G
Across 110th Street
Em Am
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
F G
Across 110th Street
Em Am
Pushers won't let the junkie go free
F G
Across 110th Street
Em Am
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby
F G
Across 110th Street
Em EmMaj7
He can find it all
Outro
Am / EmMaj7 / G G / G G
In the street
Yes, you can
Am / EmMaj7 / G G / G G
Oh, look around you, look around you
Bm7
Oooooooooooooh
Look around you, look around you, yeah
