In The Ghetto chords by
Memphis Session Singers

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Key: Bb major

Verse 1
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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As the snow flies,
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G G 
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B B 2
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Bm Bm 2
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on a cold and gray Chicago morning,
B B 2
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C C 
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Then a poor little baby child
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G G 
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is born in the ghetto.
And his mama cries,
B B 2
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Bm Bm 2
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Because if there's one thing
B B 2
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that she don't need,
C C 
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it's another little hungry mouth
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G G 
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to feed in the ghetto.
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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.
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D D 
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And he's gonna be an angry
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young man someday.
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Take a look at you and me,
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C# C# 4
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G G 
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are we too blind to  see?
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B B 2
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Or do we simply turn our heads
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D D 
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and look the other way?
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C# C# 4
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C C 
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G G 
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While the world turns
B B 2
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And a humble little boy
with a running nose
C C 
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Plays in the street
D D 
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G G 
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as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns
B B 2
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So he starts to run the streets at night
C C 
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And he learns how to steal
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G G 
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And he learns how to fight in the ghetto
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Eb Eb 6
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Then one night in desperation
C C 
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G G 
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The young man breaks a wing
C C 
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He buys a gun and steals a car,
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Am Am 
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D D 
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he tries to run but he don't get far
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G G 
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and his mama cries.
B B 2
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As a crowd gathers round
an angry young man faces
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down in the street
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G G 
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with a gun in his hand in the ghetto.
And as her young man dies.
B B 2
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On a cold and gray Chicago morning,
C# C# 4
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C C 
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G G 
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another little baby child is born,
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in the ghetto, and his mother cries.

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