in the ghetto chords by Cagey Strings

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Verse 1
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As the snow flies,
Bm 
on a cold and gray Chicago morning,
C 
D 
G 
a poor little baby child is born in the ghetto.
In the ghetto
And his momma cries
Bm 
Cause if there's one thing
that she don't need
C 
D 
It's another hungry mouth
G 
to feed in the ghetto
In the ghetto
D 
People, don't you understand
C 
Your child needs a helping hand
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C 
D 
He'll grow to be an angry
G 
young man someday
D 
Take a look at you and me,
C 
G 
are we too blind to see?
C 
Bm 
Do we simply turn our heads
Am 
D 
and look the other way?
G 
Well, the world turns
Bm 
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
C 
Plays in the street
D 
G 
as a cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns
Bm 
So he starts to roam the streets at night
C 
And he learns how to steal
D 
G 
And he learns how to fight in the ghetto
D 
Then one night in desperation
C 
The young man breaks away
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C 
Bm 
Am 
He buys a gun, he steals a car, he tries to run,
D 
G 
but he don't get far, and his momma cries
Bm 
As a crowd gathers round,
C 
an angry young man fades down in
D 
the street with a gun in his hand
G 
In the ghetto, in the ghetto
And as her young man dies, in the ghetto
Bm 
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'
C 
another little baby child
D 
G 
is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
I'm not alone
I'm alone
G 
I'm not alone you