In The Ghetto Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]IN [C]THE[G] GHETTO

[Verse 2]
(THE VICIOUS CIRCLE)
[G]As the snow flies
On a [Bm]cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A [C]poor little baby [D]child is born
[G]In the ghetto
And his mama [C]cries[G]
'Cause if [Bm]there's one thing
that she don't need
It's [C]an other hungry [D]mouth to feed
In the [G]ghetto (in the ghetto)

[Verse 3]
People, don't [D]you understand
The child needs a [C]helping [G]hand
Or [C]he'll grow to be [D]an angry
young man [G]some day
Take a look at [D]you and me
Are we too [C]blind [G]to see
[C]Do we simply turn [Bm]our heads
[Am]And look the other way[D]
[G]Well the world turns
And a [Bm]hungry little boy with a runny nose
[C]Plays in the street as the [D]cold wind blows
[G]In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

[Verse 4]
And his hunger burns
So he [Bm]starts to roam
the streets at night
And he [C]learns how to steal
And he [D]learns how to fight
In the [G]ghetto [C](in[G] the ghetto[D])

[Verse 5]
Then one might in desperation
A [C]young man breaks [G]away
He [C]buys a gun, steals a car
[Bm]Tries to r[Am]un, but he don[D]'t get far
[G]An d his mama cries
As a [Bm]crowd gathers 'round
an angry young man
Face [C]down in the street
with a [D]gun in his hand
In the [G]ghetto (in the ghetto)

[Verse 6]
As her young man dies
On a [Bm]cold and gray Chicago mornin'
An[C]other little baby [D]child is born
In the [G]ghetto (in the ghetto)
And his mama cries
In the [C]ghetto
In the ghetto
[G]- - Elvis Presley