Ghetto Lament Chords by Sylvia St. James

_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] They live in ghetto [B] _ _
[E] dwellings But [D] they seldom [C]
complain
_ _ [Am] They face [C] [B] starvation daily And [G] night [C] time finds them in pain
[Am] Their future [D] [B] so uncertain Tell [Bm] me who is to blame
What about the [A] hard babies Their [C] innocence [B] becomes a [E] tragedy
_ _ [Bm] Waiting for the [C] savior of [D] this world [A] To uplift [E] all _ _ humanity
[B] _ _ _
_ [C] Waiting for the day [Bm] When we [C#] conclude that all men are [F#] really _ brothers
[Gm] _ Praying for the day [C] _ Hate has [B] ended then we can [E] love each other
[Cm] _ Finding [G#] out the ways [Gm] To live in [C] peace [Cm] with God we can all [D] discover _
_ I hope it's not too [C] late [B] For us to find the lasting _ _ [C] _ peace
I hope it's not too [D] late For us [B] to find the [Bm] saving grace
Is it really [A] the _ _ _ [C] [B] way that _
[Bm] has stood _ For exploitation's [C] need [D] to plunder in
[C] I've [B] seen these things [Bm] occur _ _ before
What _
_ [C] _ [A] about the hard babies [Am] Their [B] innocence [G] becomes a _ tragedy
[Bm] _ Waiting for the [A] savior of this world To [Bm] uplift [E] all humanity
[A] _ I'm hungry baby _
_ [B] _ _ I love [C] you Trini
[Bm] I love you too [B] mommy
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Mommy we are daddy
_ _ _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _
[B] [E] Did you have fun at school today Trini?
[B] Yeah mommy but my tummy hurts [D] and I couldn't eat [C] Why?
[Bm] _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] If anybody's [Bm] gonna help us _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ I [E] can die for you [Em] mommy
[Bm] I think [C] I'll be too Trini
[Bm] _ _ _ I think I'll be too Trini _ _