Chords for Brad James -- In The Ghetto

_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
As the snow flies
On _ _ [Dm] a cold and gray Chicago [Eb] morning a poor little [F] baby child is [Bb] born in the ghetto
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] And [Bb] his mama _ cried _
_ Cuz [Dm] if there's one thing she don't need [Eb] it's another [F] hungry mouth to feed [Bb] in the ghetto
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] People don't you understand the [Eb] child needs a [Bb] helping hand
[Eb] Or he'll grow to [F] be an angry young [Bb] man someday
_ [F] Take a look at you and me
Are we [Eb] too [Bb] blind to see?
[Eb] Or do we [Gm] simply [Dm] turn our [Cm] heads look the [F] other way?
_ Well the [Bb] world [Eb] turn
And [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Dm] a hungry little boy with a runny [Eb] nose plays in the [F] streets while the cold wind [Bb] blows in the ghetto
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] And [Bb] _
his hunger [Eb] burns
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] And a young man roams the streets at [Eb] night learns to [F] steal and he learns to [Bb] fight in the ghetto
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F]
And
One night in [Eb] desperation the young man [Bb] breaks away
[Eb] He buys a [Dm] gun steals a [Cm] car tries to run, but [F] he don't get far
_ [Bb] And his [Eb] mama cries
[Bb] As _ [Dm] a crowd gathers round an angry young man [Eb] facedown in the street [F] with a gun in his [Bb] hand in the ghetto
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] And
Her young [Eb] man died
[Gm] _ _
On [Dm] a cold and gray Chicago [Eb] morning another little [F] baby child is _ [Bb] born [Eb] _ in the [Bb] ghetto
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] And _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] his mama [Eb] cried
[Bb] As a crowd [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] gathers