Bobby Womack - Across 110th street
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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
AmTrying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day fightF Am
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
FAcross 110th GStreet
EmPimps trying to catch a woman that's Amweak
FAcross 110th GStreet
EmPushers won't let the junkie goAm free
FAcross 110th GStreet
EmWoman trying to catch a trick on the Amstreet, ooh baby
FAcross 110th GStreet
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 G
I 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
AmYou've got to be strong, if you want to surviveF Am
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
FAcross 110th GStreet
EmPimps trying to catch a woman that's Amweak
FAcross 110th GStreet
EmPushers won't let the junkie goAm free
FAcross 110th GStreet
EmWoman trying to catch a trick on the Amstreet, ooh baby
FAcross 110th GStreet
EmHe can find it allEmMaj7
Outro
Am / EmMaj7 / G G / G G
In the street
Yes, you can
Am / EmMaj7 / G G / G G
Oh, look around you, look around you
Bm7Oooooooooooooh
Look around you, look around you, yeah