Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
As the snow flies
F
G
A poor little baby child is born
C
F
C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
F
C
F
And his mama cries
C
Em
'Cause if there's one thing
that she don't need
F
G
It's another hungry mouth to feed
C
F
C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
Verse 2
F
C
A child needs a helpin' hand
F
G
Or he'll grow to be an angry
F
C
Are we too blind to see?
F
Em
Do we simply turn our heads
Dm
G
And look the other way?
Verse 3
F
C
world turns
Em
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
C
F
C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
F
C
Dm
And his hunger burns
C
Em
So he starts to roam
the streets at night
C
F
C
G
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
Verse 4
F
Em
He buys a gun and he steals a car
Dm
G
He tries to run but he don't get far
C
F
C
And his mama cries
Verse 5
an angry young man
C
F
C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
And as her young man
F
C
dies (In the ghetto)
F
G
Another little baby child is born
F
C
F
C
And his mama cries
(In the ghetto)
Outro 1
(In the ghetto, oh ho)
C
F
C
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ChordsC F Em G Dm
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