In the Ghetto chords by
Johnny Sanders
Johnny Sanders

N/A
Key: Bb major
Verse 1
G
G

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As the snow flies
Bm
Bm

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On a cold and grey Chicago morning
C
C

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D
D

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A poor little baby child is born
G
G

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In the ghetto, in the ghetto
Had this mama cry, in the ghetto
Bm
Bm

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Cos if there's one thing
she doesn't need
C
C

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D
D

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It's another hungry mouth to feed
G
G

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in the ghetto
D
D

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People don't you understand
C
C

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The child needs a helping hand
G
G

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C
C

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D
D

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Or he'll grow to be an angry
G
G

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young man someday
D
D

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Take a look at you and me
C
C

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G
G

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Or are we too blind to see?
C
C

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G
G

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Or do we simply turn our heads
Am
Am

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D
D

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And look the other way?
G
G

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While the world turns
Am
Am

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Bm
Bm

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An d a hungry little boy
with a rotten nose
C
C

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D
D

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Plays in the streets and the cold wind blows
G
G

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In the ghetto
In the ghetto
And his hunger burns in the ghetto
Bm
Bm

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And he starts to roam
the street at night
C
C

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And he learns how to steal
D
D

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G
G

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And he learns how to fight in the ghetto
D
D

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And then one night, in desperation
C
C

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G
G

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The young man breaks away
C
C

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G
G

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He buys a gun, steals a car
Am
Am

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D
D

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Tries to run, but he don't get far
G
G

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And his momma cried
Bm
Bm

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As the crowds get around
an angry young man
C
C

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Facedown in the street
D
D

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with a gun in his hand
G
G

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In the ghetto
In the ghetto
And as her young man dies
In the ghetto
Bm
Bm

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On a cold and grey Chicago morning
C
C

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D
D

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Another little baby child is born
G
G

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In the ghetto
D
D

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People don't you understand,
C
C

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G
G

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the child needs a helping hand
C
C

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D
D

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A helplo to be an angry
G
G

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young man someday
D
D

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Take a look at you and me,
C
C

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G
G

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are we too blind to see
C
C

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G
G

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Or do we simply turn our head
Am
Am

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D
D

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and look the other way?
G
G

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And his mama cried
Bm
Bm

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Cause if there's one thing
she doesn't need
C
C

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D
D

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Is an other hungry mouth to feed
G
G

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In the ghetto
In the ghetto
In the ghetto
In the ghetto
In the ghetto

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Bm C D Am

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