Key: Bb major
Verse 1
G
C
G
As the
C
G
snow flies
Bm
On a cold and grey Chicago morning
C
D
G
A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
Bm
Because if there's one thing
that she don't need
C
D
Is another hungry mouth to
G
feed in the ghetto
D
People don't you understand
C
The child needs a helping hand
G
C
D
He'll grow to be an angry
G
young man some day
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 streets
D
G
as the 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
G
The young man breaks a wing
C
Bm
Am
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run,
D
but he don't get far,
Bm
G
C
G
and his mama cries
Bm
As the crowd gathers round,
an angry young man face
C
down on the street
D
G
with a gun in his hand in the ghetto
And as her young man died
Bm
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
C
D
Another little baby child is
G
born in the ghetto
D
People, don't you understand
C
G
A child needs a helping hand
C
D
He'll grow to be an angry
G
young man someday
D
Now 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
In the ghetto, in the ghetto,
Outro 1
in the ghetto, in the ghetto...
G
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C Bm D Am
More songs by Nat Stuckey
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.8
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users
Recently added
Recently added chords & tabs