In The Ghetto Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]As [C]the[G]
[C]sno[G]w flies
On a [Bm]cold and grey Chicago morning
A [C]poor little baby [D]child is born in [G]the ghetto
And his mama cries
Because if [Bm]there's one thing
that she don't need
Is an[C]other hungry [D]mouth to
feed in [G]the ghetto
People don't [D]you understand
The child needs [C]a helping hand
[G]He'[C]ll grow to be an ang[D]ry
young man [G]some day
Take [D]a look at you and me,
are we [C]too blind to [G]see?
[C]Do we simply [Bm]turn our heads
and [Am]look the other [D]way?
Well, [G]the world turns
And a [Bm]hungry little boy with a runny nose
[C]Plays in the streets
as [D]the cold wind blows in [G]the ghetto
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 [G]the ghetto
[D]Then one night in desperation
The [C]young man breaks [G]a wing
He [C]buys a gun, [Bm]steals a car, [Am]tries to run,
but he [D]don't get far,
and his mama [Bm]cries[G][C][G]
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
And as her young man died
On a [Bm]cold and gray Chicago mornin'
An[C]other little baby [D]child is
born in the [G]ghetto
People, don't you under[D]stand
A child needs [C]a helping [G]hand
[C]He'll grow to be an [D]angry
young man [G]someday
Now take a look [D]at you and me
Are we too [C]blind to [G]see?
[C]Do we simply [Bm]turn our heads
and [Am]look the other [D]way?
In [G]the ghetto, in the ghetto,

[Outro 1]
in the ghetto, in the ghetto...
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