Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
As the snow flies
Eb
F
A poor little baby child is born
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
And his mama cries
Dm
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
Eb
F
It's another hungry mouth to feed
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Bridge 1
Eb
Bb
The child needs a helping hand
F
Bb
an angry young man some day?
Eb
Bb
Are we too blind to see
Eb
Dm
Do we simply turn our heads,
Cm
F
and look the other way?
Verse 2
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
Well, the world turns
Dm
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Eb
F
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
And his hunger burns
Dm
So he starts to roam the streets at night
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Bridge 2
Eb
Bb
A young man breaks away
Eb
Dm
He buys a gun, steals a car
Cm
F
Tries to run, but he don't get far
Verse 3
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
And his mama cries
an angry young man
Eb
F
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
And as her young man dies
Eb
F
Another little baby child is born
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
And his mama cries (in the ghetto)
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
(In the ghetto)
Bb
Eb/Bb
Bb
(Aah-aah)
[Repeat and fade]
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Eb/Bb Dm Eb F...
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