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The Ghetto, Elvis Presley
Intro:     A     D     A  D  
AAs the snow flies.D  A  
On a cAmaj7old and grey Chicago morn'   aBmnother liitle baby Echild is born
In the AghettoD  A  D  A  
AAnd his mother cries  ( in DthAe ghetto )
'Cause if Amaj7there's one thing that she don't need, it's Bmanother little hungry
Emouth to feed      In the AghettoD  A  
Now people don't you Eunderstand   The child needs a hDelping hAand
Or he'll Dgrow up to be  an Eangry young man some Aday
Take a look at Eyou and me   Are we too Bmblind to Asee
Or Ddo we just   Amaj7turn our heads   and look Bmthe other wayE  
as the Aworld turnsD  A  
                                        Amaj7             Bm.
and a hungry little child with a runny nose  plays in the streets
as the Ecold wind blows    And his Ahunger burnsD  A  
So he Amaj7starts to roam the streets at night and he learBmns how to steal
and he Elearns how to fight    In the gAhettoD  A  D  A  
And Ethen one night in desperation   BmA young man breaks Aaway
He Dbuys a gun   Amaj7steals a car   Bmtries to run  but he Edon't get far
and his Amother criesD  A  
As a Amaj7crowd gathers 'round   an angry young man    Bmface down in the street
with a Egun in his hand
as her young maAn diesD  A  
on a cAmaj7old and grey Chicago morn'   aBmnother little baby Echild is born
In the AghettoD  A  
And his mama criesD  A  

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The Ghetto

by Mac Davis

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Amaj7

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The Ghetto, Elvis Presley

A D A D

Intro:

A D A

As the snow flies.

Amaj7 Bm E

On a cold and grey Chicago morn' another liitle baby child is born

A D A D A

In the ghetto

A D A

And his mother cries ( in the ghetto )

Amaj7 Bm

'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need, it's another little hungry

E A D A

mouth to feed In the ghetto

E D A

Now people don't you understand The child needs a helping hand

D E A

Or he'll grow up to be an angry young man some day

E Bm A

Take a look at you and me Are we too blind to see

D Amaj7 Bm E

Or do we just turn our heads and look the other way

A D A

as the world turns

Amaj7 Bm

and a hungry little child with a runny nose plays in the streets

E A D A

as the cold wind blows And his hunger burns

Amaj7 Bm

So he starts to roam the streets at night and he learns how to steal

E A D A D A

and he learns how to fight In the ghetto

E Bm A

And then one night in desperation A young man breaks away

D Amaj7 Bm E

He buys a gun steals a car tries to run but he don't get far

A D A

and his mother cries

Amaj7 Bm

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man face down in the street

with a gun in his hand

A D A

as her young man dies

Amaj7 Bm E

on a cold and grey Chicago morn' another little baby child is born

A D A

In the ghetto

D A

And his mama cries

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