{"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":1758477,"song":"In The Ghetto","artist":"Dolly Parton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1758477-in-the-ghetto-chords-by-dolly-parton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1758477?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":48,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the snow flies [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn a cold and gray Chicago morn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA poor little baby child is born in the ghetto [/tab]\r\n  \r\n                               \r\nAnd his momma cries\r\n \r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCause if there's one thing that she don't need[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's another little hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeople can't you understand the child needs a helping hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe'll grow to be an angry young man someday[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake a look at you and me are we too blind to see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDo we simply turn our heads and look the other way [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile the world turns [/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA hungry little boy with a running nose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlays in the streets as the cold wind blows in the ghetto [/tab]\r\n\r\n        \r\nAnd his hunger burns\r\n \r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo he starts to roam the streets at night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in the ghetto[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then one night in desperation the young man breaks away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he buys a gun and he steals a car tries to run but don't get far [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd his momma cries [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs a crowd gathers round an angry young man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPaces down the street with a gun in his hand in the ghetto [/tab]\r\n\r\n       \r\nAnd the young man dies \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn a cold and gray Chicago morn [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnother little baby child is born in the Ghetto [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd his momma cries","plain_text":"And his momma cries\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n        \nAnd his hunger burns\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       \nAnd the young man dies \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd his momma cries","chords":["C","Em","F","G7","A","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}