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                          Gangstas Paradise - Coolio
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No capo. None of the other versions of the song sounded like the original so I 
thought I'd do my own tab, and this sounds very accurate, especially if you play 
along with the original song.
So it's basically these 4 chords played throughout the whole song, enjoy :)

          
e|----4---1---
B|----4---1---
G|----5---1---
D|----6---3---
A|----6---3---
E|----4---1---

   
3---3--|
3---4--|
4---5--|
5---5--|
5---3--|
3---x--|


[Intro]
          

[Verse]
            
As I walk thro

              
ugh the valley

        
 of the shadow

 of death
             
I take a look 

              
at my life and

    
 realize there

's nothin' lef

t
            
Cause I've bee

              
n blasting and

 
 laughing so l

ong,
             
That even my m

              
ama thinks tha

     
t my mind is g

one
            
But I ain't ne

              
ver crossed a 

         
man that didn'

t deserve it
             
Me be treated 

              
like a punk yo

  
u know that's 

unheard of
            
You better wat

              
ch how you're 

       
talking and wh

ere you're wal

king
             
Or you and you

              
r homies might

    
 be lined in c

halk
            
I really hate 

              
to trip but I 


gotta loc
             
As they croak,

              
 I see myself 

       
in the pistol 

smoke, fool
            
I'm the kinda 

             
G the little h


omies wanna be

 like
             
On my knees in

              
 the night say

    
ing prayers in

 the streetlig

ht

[Chorus]
            
Been spending 

            
most their liv

             
es, living in 

              
the gangsta's 


paradise
            
Been spending 

            
most their liv

             
es, living in 

              
the gangsta's 


paradise
            
Keep spending 

            
most our lives

             
, living in th

            
e gangsta's pa

radise
            
Keep spending 

            
most our lives

             
, living in th

            
e gangsta's pa

radise

[Verse]
            
Look at the si

             
tuation they g


ot me facin'
             
I can't live a

              
 normal life, 

      
I was raised b

y the streets
            
So I gotta be 

              
down with the 


hood team
             
Too much telev

              
ision watching

        
 got me chasin

g dreams
            
I'm an educate

            
d fool with mo

ney on my mind
             
Got my 10 in m

             
y hand and a g


leam in my eye
            
I'm a loc'd ou

          
t gangsta set 

trippin' bange

r
             
And my homies 

              
is down so don

    
't arouse my a

nger, fool
            
Death ain't no

            
thing but a he

artbeat away,
             
I'm living lif

              
e, do or die, 


what can I say
            
I'm 23 now, bu

         
t will I live 

to see 24
             
The way things

              
 is going I do

    
n't know
            
Tell me why ar

           
e we so blind 

   
to see
            
That the ones 

           
we hurt are yo

      
u and me

[Chorus]
            
Been spending 

            
most their liv

             
es, living in 

              
the gangsta's 


paradise
            
Been spending 

            
most their liv

             
es, living in 

              
the gangsta's 


paradise
            
Keep spending 

            
most our lives

             
, living in th

            
e gangsta's pa

radise
            
Keep spending 

            
most our lives

             
, living in th

            
e gangsta's pa

radise

[Verse]
            
Power and the 

       
money, money a

nd the power
             
Minute after m

       
inute, hour af

ter hour
            
Everybody's ru

           
nning, but hal

f of them ain'

t looking
             
What's going o

              
n in the kitch

        
en, but I don'

t know what's 

cookin'
            
They say I got

              
ta learn, but 

  
nobody's here 

to teach me
             
If they can't 

              
understand it,

 
 how can they 

reach me
            
I guess they c

        
an't, I guess 

they won't
             
I guess they f

              
ront, that's w

             
hy I know my l


ife is out of 

luck, fool

[Chorus]
            
Been spending 

            
most their liv

             
es, living in 

              
the gangsta's 


paradise
            
Been spending 

            
most their liv

             
es, living in 

              
the gangsta's 


paradise
            
Keep spending 

            
most our lives

             
, living in th

            
e gangsta's pa

radise
            
Keep spending 

            
most our lives

             
, living in th

            
e gangsta's pa

radise

[Outro]
            
Tell me why ar

           
e we so blind 

   
to see
            
That the ones 

           
we hurt are yo

      
u and me
            
Tell me why ar

           
e we so blind 

   
to see
            
That the ones 

           
we hurt are yo

      
u and me