Chords for In the Ghetto

_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [B] As the snow [C#m] _
flies
[B] _ _ _ _ On [D#] a cold and grey Chicago morning
[E] A poor little baby [F#] child is [B] born in the ghetto
_ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ And it's mama _ [C#m] cries
_ [B] _ _ _ _
Cause [D#m] if there's one thing that she don't need
[E] It's another little hungry [G#] mouth to feed in [B] the ghetto _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
People [F#] can't you _ understand
A [E] child needs a helping [B] hand
Or [E] he'll grow to [F#] be an angry young [B] man someday
_ Take a [F#] look at you and me
Are [E] we too _ _ [B] glassy?
_ [E] Or do we [D#m] simply turn our [C#m] heads
And look the other [F#] _ _
way
_ [B] While the world [C#m] _
turns
[B] _ _ _ _ And [D#] a hungry little [D#m] boy with a runny nose
[E] Plays in the [F#] street as a call [B] wind blows in the ghetto
[E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ And his hunger [G#m] burns
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D#] So he starts [D#m] to roam the streets at night
[E] He learns how to steal and he [F#] learns how to fight [B] in the ghetto _
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[F#] And then one night in desperation
[E] A young man [B] breaks away
[E] He buys him a gun [D#m] and he steals a car
And he [C#m] tries to run [F#] but he don't get far
And [B] his mama [C#m] cries _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ As [D#m] the crowd gathers round
An angry young [E] man face down in the [F#] street
With a gun in his [B] hand in the ghetto
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ And the young man [C#m] _ [B] dies _ _ _ _
[D#m] On a cold and grey Chicago morning
[E] Another little [F#] baby child is born [B] in the ghetto
_ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ And his mama [G#m] cries
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