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GIf you ever lived in a ghetto
GAnd maybe at the close of your D7day
GOn your front porch you hear the sound of a CjukeboxA7  
GFrom the neighborChood Gcafe
GWell, in the noon you may hear the neighbors fussing
GWhen a kid breaks a window-D7pane
GIn the night, in the night you may be CwakenedA7  
GBy the sound of he Coutbound Gtrain
GWell, the rich folks they own the big city
GAnd they down us who living the way we D7do
GBut when you're born a child of a Cpoor manA7  
GYou know the ghetto is the Conly place for Gyou
GWell, if there's such a thing as revolution
GAnd there will be if we rise to the D7call
GWhen we build, we build, we build, we build the new CJerusalemA7  
GThere won't be no more Cghetto, ghetto at Gall
GNo, there won't be no more Cghetto, ghetto at Gall

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Ghetto

by Joan Baez

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If you ever lived in a ghetto

G D7

And maybe at the close of your day

G C A7

On your front porch you hear the sound of a jukebox

G C G

From the neighborhood cafe

Well, in the noon you may hear the neighbors fussing

G D7

When a kid breaks a window-pane

G C A7

In the night, in the night you may be wakened

G C G

By the sound of he outbound train

Well, the rich folks they own the big city

G D7

And they down us who living the way we do

G C A7

But when you're born a child of a poor man

G C G

You know the ghetto is the only place for you

Well, if there's such a thing as revolution

G D7

And there will be if we rise to the call

G C A7

When we build, we build, we build, we build the new Jerusalem

G C G

There won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all

G C G

No, there won't be no more ghetto, ghetto at all

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