In The Ghetto Chords by Lefty Banton

_ _ [E] _ [B] _ [A] Oh yeah, [E] [B] hey, [A] uh-huh
[E] On a cold and [B] gray Chicago morning
[A] A poor little [B] baby child is [E] born in the ghetto
[B] _ _ [A] _
[B] There's _ [E] one thing [B] that she don't need
[F#m] It's another [B] hungry mouth to [E] feed in the ghetto
[B] And [A] _ _
[B] _ [E] the world [B] turns
[A] _ _
[B] _ [E] And a hungry little [B] boy with a runny nose
[A] Plays in the [B] street as the cold wind [E] blows in the ghetto
[B] _ [A] People, _
[B] _ [E] don't you [B] understand?
[A] The child needs a [B] helping hand
[E] Or he'll grow to [B] be an angry young man [A] someday _
[B] Take a look [E] at you [B] and me
Are [A] we too blind to [B] see?
[E] Do we simply [B] turn our heads
[A] And look the [B] other way?
[E] No, the world [B] turns
[A] _ _
[B] _ [E] A hungry little boy [B] with a runny nose
[A] Plays in the street [B] as the cold wind [E] blows in the ghetto
[B] When [A] _ _
[B] _ [E] this hunger [B] burns
_ [A] _ _
[B] _ [E] He starts to roam [B] the streets at night
[A] He learns how to steal [B] and he learns how to fight [E] in the ghetto
[B] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ [E] Then one night [B] in desperation
[A] A young man breaks [B] away
[E] Buys a gun, [B] he steals a car
[A] He tries to run [B] but he don't get far [E] in the ghetto
[B] _ [A] In the ghetto
[B] _ [A] And his mama cries
_ [B] _ _
_ [A] Mama cries
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, [E] the child gathers round [B] an angry young man
[A] Face down on the street [B] with a gun in his hand
[E] In the ghetto
[B] As [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] her young man [B] died
[A] Caught [B] _ [E] on cold and grey, [B] she called for more
[A] Another little baby [B] child is born
[E] In the ghetto
[B] _ [A] In the ghetto [B] Oh, [E] mama
Oh, [B] yeah, [A] yeah, baby
[B] That's [E] how it [B] is
That's [A] how it is [B] in the ghetto [E] Yeah _ [B] _ [A] Oh _ [B] Oh
[E] In the ghetto
[B] In [A] the ghetto
[B] In _ [E] the ghetto
[B] _ [A] In the ghetto
[B] In [E] the ghetto _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _