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 2
Intro
[Am] [E]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [Em]
[Am] [Dm] [Em]
Verse 1
[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] [C/G] [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] [G]
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 junkies 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] [E7]
You can find it all in the street, oh
Break
[Am] [Dm] [Em]
Ooooh....
[Am] [Dm] [Em]
I got one more thing I'd like to talk to you about right now
Verse 2
[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] [C/G] [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] [G]
Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town, 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]
A woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby
[F] [G]
Across 110th Street
[Em] [E7]
You can find it all in the street, oh
Outro
[Am] [Dm] [Em]
In the street, yes, you can, Oh, look around you, look around you, look around you
[Am] [Dm] [Em]
look around you, yeah
[Dm7]
