In The Ghetto chords by
Roy Black
Roy Black

N/A
Key: D major
Verse 1
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
As the
snow flies
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
On a cold and grey Chicago morning
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
When a poor little baby child
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Cause if there's one thing
that she doesn't need
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
It's another hungry mouth
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
to feed in the ghetto
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
People don't you understand
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
The child needs a helping hand
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Or he grow to be an angry
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
young man some day
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Take a look at you and me
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Are we too blind to see
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Or do we simply turn our heads
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
and look the other way?
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
While the world turns
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And a hungry little boy
with a running nose
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
In the ghetto
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
In the ghetto
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
So he starts to roam in the streets at night
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And he learns how to steal
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
and he learns how to fight in the ghetto
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Then one night, in desperation,
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
a young man breaks away
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
He don't get far, and his mama cries
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
As a crowd gathers round,
an angry young man
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Face down in the street,
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
with a gun in his hand
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
In the ghetto
In ghetto, in the ghetto
And there's three young men dying
In the ghetto,
F#m
F#m

View detailed F#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
On a cold and grey Chicago morning
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Another little baby child is born
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
In the ghetto, in the
Outro 1
And this mama cries
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

How did you like the song?

You need to to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G F#m A Em

More songs by Roy Black

Discover chords for more songs to play

Roy Black

detroit city

Roy Black

tom dooley

Roy Black

counting the days

Roy Black

tom tom turn around

Roy Black

bally mena

Roy Black

true love

Roy Black

pretty eyes

See More

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Roy Black

detroit city

Roy Black

Green Day

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

The Beatles

Let It Be

The Beatles

Roy Black

counting the days

Roy Black

Oasis

Wonderwall

Oasis

Roy Black

tom dooley

Roy Black

Kansas

Dust In The Wind

Kansas

See More

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

2

Creep

Radiohead

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

Distance

Ruel

Mis compas tan aquí

Kevin Kaarl

I Can't Help It

JVKE

Say My Name

Hozier

Rasputin

Majestic, Boney M.

Don’t Say You Love Me

Jin

Mask

Dream