{"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":2406539,"song":"In The Ghetto","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2406539-in-the-ghetto-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2406539?type=chord","rating":4.88985,"votes":13,"content":"In The Ghetto.\r\nMerle Haggard.\r\nAlbum: My Farewell To Elvis.\r\nCapo 1.\r\nPlay intro as needed\r\nthroughout song.\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAs the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago morn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA poor little baby child is born,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the Ghetto and his mama cries,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nCause there's one thing that she don't need[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIs another little hungry mouth to feed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the Ghetto.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople don't you understand the child needs a helping hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'll grow to be an angry young man someday,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTake a look at you and me are we too blind to see,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDo we simply turn our heads and look the other way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs the world turns.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nA hungry little boy with a running nose,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPlays in the streets as the cold wind blows,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the Ghetto, and his hunger burns,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nSo he starts to roam the streets at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the Ghetto.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen one night in desperation the young man breaks away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd he buys a gun and he steals a car and he tries to run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut don't get far, and his mama cries.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs a crowd gathers round and the angry young man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFace down the street with a gun in his hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the Ghetto, as the young man dies.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOn a cold and gray Chicago morn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother little baby child is born,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the Ghetto, his mama cries[/tab]\r\n(In Ghetto, oh, oh...)","plain_text":"In The Ghetto.\nMerle Haggard.\nAlbum: My Farewell To Elvis.\nCapo 1.\nPlay intro as needed\nthroughout song.\n\nA Asus4 A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(In Ghetto, oh, oh...)","chords":["A","Asus4","C#m","D","E","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"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]}}}