In The Ghetto chords by
Bobby Solo

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Key: D major

Verse 1

As the snow flies

F#m

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'

A poor little baby child is born

In the ghetto

Verse 2
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And his mama cries
F#m F#m 2
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Cause if there's one thing
that she don't need
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A A 
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It's an other hungry mouth to feed
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In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

Verse 3
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People, don't you understand
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The child needs a helping hand
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A A 
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Or he'll grow to be an angry
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young man some day
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Take a look at you and me
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Are we too blind to see
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F#m F#m 2
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Do we simply turn our heads
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A A 
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And look the other way

Verse 4
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Well the world turns
F#m F#m 2
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And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
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A A 
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Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
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In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)

Verse 5
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And his hunger burns
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So he starts to roam the streets at night
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And he learns how to steal
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And he learns how to fight
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In the ghetto
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(In the ghetto)

Verse 6
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Then one night in desperation A
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young man breaks away
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F#m F#m 2
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He buys a gun, he steals a car
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A A 
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He tries to run, but he don't get far
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And his mama cries
F#m F#m 2
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As a crowd gathers 'round
an angry young man
G G 
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Face down on the street
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with a gun in his hand
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In the ghetto

Verse 7
(In the ghetto)
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As her young man dies
(In the ghetto)
F#m F#m 2
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On a cold  and gray Chicago mornin'
G G 
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A A 
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Another little baby child is born
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In the ghetto
(In the ghetto)
And his mama cries
(In the ghetto)

Outro 1

(In the ghetto)

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