{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":66778,"song":"The Ghetto","artist":"Mac Davis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11543744-the-ghetto-chords-by-mac-davis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66778?type=chord","rating":4.70748,"votes":12,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n#\r\n\r\nThe Ghetto, Elvis Presley\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs the snow flies.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn a cold and grey Chicago morn'   another liitle baby child is born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the ghetto[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd his mother cries  ( in the ghetto )[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need, it's another little hungry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nmouth to feed      In the ghetto[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow people don't you understand   The child needs a helping hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr he'll grow up to be  an angry young man some day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTake a look at you and me   Are we too blind to see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr do we just   turn our heads   and look the other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nas the world turns[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                                  [ch]Bm[/ch]           .\r\nand a hungry little child with a runny nose  plays in the streets[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nas the cold wind blows    And his hunger burns[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo he starts to roam the streets at night and he learns how to steal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand he learns how to fight    In the ghetto[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then one night in desperation   A young man breaks away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe buys a gun   steals a car   tries to run  but he don't get far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand his mother cries[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs a crowd gathers 'round   an angry young man    face down in the street[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwith a gun in his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nas her young man dies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\non a cold and grey Chicago morn'   another little baby child is born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the ghetto[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd his mama cries[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n#\n\nThe Ghetto, Elvis Presley\n\n\nIntro:   A  D   A   D","chords":["A","D","Amaj7","Bm","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Amaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,1,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,1,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}