Across 110th Street


Featured in the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's blaxploitation homage Jackie Brown (1997). This is my first tab. Comment, rate and enjoy! Please leave any suggestions in the comments box! "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 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 F 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 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 junkie 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 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 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 F 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 Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town Dm 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 Woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ooh baby F G Across 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 G Oh, look around you, look around you Bm7 Oooooooooooooh Look around you, look around you, yeah