[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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My friends live in a bad part of town
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And even when I go to see them, it always brings me down
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There's bars across their windows, iron gates upon their door
        D
And the whole neighborhood looks like the middle of a war

[Pre-Chorus]
   C
We crawl through the back streets in the dead of night
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Windows rolled up and the door's locked tight
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Creep up the alley, trying not to make a sound
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Always looking 'round for what might be coming down

[Verse 2]
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You know we haven't got a nickel, no we haven't got a dime
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Can't even get on welfare 'cause we haven't got the time
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To be pushed and pulled through those bureaucratic slots
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And have our lives filed away in some plastic box

[Pre-Chorus]
C
I don't know why it is
     G
That people have to live like this
C
Gotta get out before it's too late
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Gotta get out, whatever it takes

[Chorus]
            G
'Cause were living behind bars
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And we got no choice
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Living behind bars
       C      D
And we got no voice
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Living behind bars
       C      D    G
And we got to get away
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[Verse 3]
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On the other side of town, there's a great big wall
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Where the rich man lives, he's afraid of it all
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He's worried about the people he might happen to meet
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If he ever sets foot out on the street

[Pre-Chorus]
        C
And the red lights flash and the sirens howl
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And the burglar alarms ring and the guard dogs growl
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Old lady fishing through a garbage can
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But I still can't seem to understand

[Chorus]
          G
Why we're living behind bars
         C       D
And it's time to move
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Living behind bars
             C      D
What have we got to lose?
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Living behind bars
       C      D    G
And we got to get away
C G

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
G
Living behind bars
              C      D
It seems like we got missed
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Living behind bars
           C       D
How did it come to this?
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Living behind bars
       C      D    G   C G
And we got to get away
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Living behind bars
      C         D
Every night and day
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Living behind bars
         C       D
Can't go on this way
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Living behind bars
       C      D    G
And we got to get away
C G

[Outro]
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