Key: A major
Verse 1
B
E
B
IN THE GHETTO
Verse 2
(THE VICIOUS CIRCLE)
B
As the snow flies
D#m
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
E
F#
A poor little baby child is born
B
In the ghetto
E
B
And his mama cries
D#m
'Cause if there's one thing
that she don't need
E
F#
It's an other hungry mouth to feed
B
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Verse 3
F#
People, don't you understand
E
B
The child needs a helping hand
E
F#
Or he'll grow to be an angry
B
young man some day
F#
Take a look at you and me
E
B
Are we too blind to see
E
D#m
Do we simply turn our heads
C#m
F#
And look the other way
B
Well the world turns
D#m
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
E
F#
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
B
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Verse 4
And his hunger burns
D#m
So he starts to roam
the streets at night
E
And he learns how to steal
F#
And he learns how to fight
B
E
B
F#
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Verse 5
Then one might in desperation
E
B
A young man breaks away
E
He buys a gun, steals a car
D#m
C#m
F#
Tries to run, but he don't get far
B
An d his mama cries
D#m
As a crowd gathers 'round
an angry young man
E
Face down in the street
F#
with a gun in his hand
B
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Verse 6
As her young man dies
D#m
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
E
F#
Another little baby child is born
B
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
And his mama cries
E
In the ghetto
In the ghetto
B
- - Elvis Presley
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