Intro: G D  G D 

          G                    D 
One day she was a little girl 
  Am 
dancing on her daddy's knee 
                 G                               D 
The next thing you know, she's on a bus  
  Am 
heading towards L.A. 

                 G 
Now she walks the streets 
     D 
to sell her skin 
            Am 
It's the only life she knows 
      C                          D 
But in her heart she yearns 
             C                                    D 
for the day when she can rise above these... 



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 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
       Am 
you just can't understand 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
                    Am 
when you're outside looking in 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
            Am 
where does it all begin 
            C 
One of us could be them  
              D                             G      D 
in these ummm, life in the streets 
 

    G                  D 
Shufflin' down Fifth Avenue 
       Am 
he stops to pick up a dime 
              G                     D 
He says he was on the telly 
         Am 
when he was only nine 

               G                         D 
Now his home is a crawl space 
    Am 
or on a mission floor 
           C                      D 
and in silence he's in pain 
      C                       D 
he just keeps living on and on and... 




[Refrão]
 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
       Am 
you just can't understand 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
                    Am 
when you're outside looking in 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
            Am 
where does it all begin 
            C 
One of us could be them  
              D                             G      D 
in these ummm, life in the streets 
 

  G                      D 
Looking for employment 
    Am 
is easier said then done 
                      G                          D 
"You need a home address or someplace man, 
    Am 
before you can get this job" 

         G                        D 
Now as the words cut like a knife 
               Am 
into his bruised and battered pride 
      C                           D 
yet in his dreams he sees 
        C                        D 
the day when he can rise above these... 




[Refrão]
 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
       Am 
you just can't understand 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
                    Am 
when you're outside looking in 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
            Am 
where does it all begin 
            C 
One of us could be them  
              D                             G      D 
in these ummm, life in the streets 


 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
       Am 
you just can't understand 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
                    Am 
when you're outside looking in 
 G                 D 
Life in the streets 
            Am 
where does it all begin 
            C 
One of us could be them  
              D                             G      D 
in these ummm, life in the streets 
 

D                               G 
Ummm, life in the streets 
D                               G 
Ummm, life in the streets 
D                               C    G 
Ummm, life in the streets