In The Ghetto Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The[C]re'[G]s a snowflies
On a [Bm]cold and grey Chicago morning
A [C]poor little baby [D]child is born in the [G]ghetto
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
Cause if [Bm]there's one thing
that she don't need
Is [C]an other hungry [D]mouth
to feed in [G]the ghetto
In the ghetto
People don't you [D]understand
The child [C]needs a helping [G]hand
Or [C]he'll grow to be [D]an ugly
young man [G]someday
Take a look at [D]you and me,
are we too [C]blind to [G]see?
Do [C]we simply [Bm]turn our heads
and look [Am]the other w[D]ay?
Well, the world [Gsus4]turn s[G]
And a [Bm]hungry little boy with a
runny nose
He's playing [C]in the street
as a [D]cold wind blows in the [G]ghetto
And his hunger burns in the street
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
Then one [D]night, desperation,
a young [C]man breaks away
[G]He buy[C]s a gun, ste[Bm]als a car,
[Am]tries to run, but [D]he don't get far
And his [G]mama cries
As the [Bm]crowd gathers round,
an angry young man face [C]down
On the street with a [D]gun in his hand
In the [G]ghetto, in the ghetto
As her young mum dies
On a [Bm]cold and grey Chicago morning
A [C]poor little baby child [D]is born
In [G]the ghetto, in the ghetto
And his mama cries
He said, oh
And his mama cries
He said, oh
And his mama cries
He said, oh
And his mama cries
He said, oh
And his mama cries
He said, oh
[G]And here's to mama cryin'