Living For The City Chords by Stevie Wonder

[Start]

[Verse]
F# F#7 C#m7 F#7 F#m7 F#7
■  ■   ■    ■   ■    ■  
                           F#7        
A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
                                       F#7   
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
                     F#m7     F#7      
His parents give him love and affection
                   F#m7                         
To keep him strong moving in the right direction
B                  C#7         F#7          F#m7
Living just enough just enough for the city ■   
F#7                  F#m7                        
■   His father works some days for fourteen hours
    F#7         F#m7              F#7   
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
                   F#m7                 F#7 
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
                       F#m7                   
And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
B                  C#7         F#7          F#m7
Living just enough just enough for the city yeah


[Chorus]
F#7 D C A G F# F#7
■   ■ ■ ■ ■ ■  ■  


[Verse]
                   F#m7                       
His sister's black but she is sho 'nuff pretty
    F#7            F#m7                  F#7   
Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy
                  F#m7                F#7  
To walk to school she's got to get up early
                    F#m7                    
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
B7     B           C#7         F#7         
Living just enough just enough for the city


[Chorus]
                                             F#7 
Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
                                F#m7       F#7
His patience's long but soon he won't have any
                                 F#7   
To find a job is like a haystack needle
       F#7                                         
'cause where he lives they don't use colored people
B                  C#   C#7                
Living just enough just enough for the city
                   F#7         
Living just enough for the city


[Bridge]
F#m7 F#7 F#m7 F#7 D C
■    ■   ■    ■   ■ ■
A G F#7
■ ■ ■  


[Chorus]
            B7            F#7                
His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
                               F#7                     
He spends his life walking the streets of New York City
                 F#7                            
He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution
                            F#7                
He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
       F#7                                                
Living just enough just enough for the city yeah yeah yeah
                                   F#7   
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
                      F#                           
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
              F#7                                
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
                                  F#7         
If we don't change the world will soon be over
                                       B7   F#7
Living just enough just enough for the city ■  


[End]