Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street chords

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
DmI was the third brother of five
AmDoing whatever I had to do to survive
DmI'm not saying what I did was alright
Am                                                      F Am          Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day fight

DmBeen down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind
AmI knew there was a better way of life and I was just trying to find
DmYou don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure
AmAcross 110th Street is a hell of a tester


Chorus
F            GAcross 110th Street
Em                                   AmPimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
F            GAcross 110th Street
Em                             AmPushers won't let the junkie go free

F            GAcross 110th Street
Em                                   AmWoman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby
F            GAcross 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 GI got one more thing I'd like to yell about right now

Verse
DmHey brother, there's a better way out
AmSnorting that coke, shooting that dope man, you're copping out
DmTake my advice, it's either live or die
Am                                             F AmYou've got to be strong, if you want to survive

DmThe family on the other side of town
AmWould catch hell without a ghetto around
DmIn every city you find the same thing going down
AmHarlem is the capital of every ghetto town
DmHelp me sing it


Chorus
F            GAcross 110th Street
Em                                   AmPimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
F            GAcross 110th Street
Em                             AmPushers won't let the junkie go free

F            GAcross 110th Street
Em                                   AmWoman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby
F            GAcross 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 GOh, look around you, look around you

Bm7Oooooooooooooh
Look around you, look around you, yeah