UB40 - One In Ten
Author: Ali Campbell, Brian Travers, Earl Falconer, Jim Brown, Michael Virtue, Norman Hassan & Robin Ca
Editor: TAB4U Staff
Reggae
Editor: TAB4U Staff
Reggae



Intro: x4 |
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I am the one in ten |
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A number on a list |
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I am the one in ten |
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Even though I don't exist |
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Nobody Knows me |
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Even though I'm always there |
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A statistic, a reminder |
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Of a world that doesn't care |
Bridge: x2 |
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My arms enfold the dole queue |
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Malnutrition dulls my hair |
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My eyes are black and lifeless |
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With an underprivileged stare |
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I'm the beggar on the corner |
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Will no-one spare a dime? |
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I'm the child that never |
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Learns to read |
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'Cause no-one spared the time |
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I am the one in ten |
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A number on a list |
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I am the one in ten |
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Even though I don't exist |
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Nobody Knows me |
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Even though I'm always there |
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A statistic, a reminder |
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Of a world that doesn't care |
Bridge: x2 |
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I'm the murderer and the victim |
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The license with the gun |
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I'm a sad and bruised old lady |
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In an ally in a slum |
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I'm a middle aged businessman |
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With chronic heart disease |
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I'm another teenage suicide |
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In a street that has no trees |
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I am the one in ten |
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A number on a list |
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I am the one in ten |
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Even though I don't exist |
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Nobody Knows me |
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Even though I'm always there |
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A statistic, a reminder |
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Of a world that doesn't care |
Bridge: x2 |
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I'm a starving third world mother |
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A refugee without a home |
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I'm a house wife hooked on Valium |
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I'm a Pensioner alone |
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I'm a cancer ridden specter |
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Covering the earth |
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I'm another hungry baby |
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I'm an accident of birth |
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I am the one in ten |
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A number on a list |
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I am the one in ten |
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Even though I don't exist |
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Nobody Knows me |
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Even though I'm always there |
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A statistic, a reminder |
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Of a world that doesn't care |
Bridge: x2 |
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I am the one in ten |
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A number on a list |
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I am the one in ten |
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Even though I don't exist |
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Nobody Knows me |
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Even though I'm always there |
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A statistic, a reminder |
Of a world that doesn't care |
Bridge: |
G#m D#m7 G#m G#m x4 |
Ending: x8 |
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