In The Ghetto chords by
Tanya Wills Quartet

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Key: A major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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As the snow flies
Bm Bm 2
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On a cold and grey Chicago morning
C C 
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And a poor little baby child
D D 
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C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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is born in the ghetto
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
Bm Bm 2
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Cause if there's one thing
that she don'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
In the ghetto,
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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people don't you understand
G G 
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D D 
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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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Or he'll grow to be an angry
G G 
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young man someday
D D 
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G G 
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Take a look at you and me,
D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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are we too blind to see?
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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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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Will the world turn?
Bm Bm 2
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And a hungry little child
with a runny nose
C C 
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Plays in the street
D D 
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G G 
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as a cold wind blows in the ghetto
In the ghetto
And his hunger burns
Bm Bm 2
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So he starts to roam the streets at night
C C 
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And he learns how to steal
D D 
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and he learns how to fight
G G 
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In the ghetto
D D 
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C C 
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D D 
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Then one night in desperation,
C C 
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G G 
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young man breaks away
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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Am Am 
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He buys a  gun, steals a car, tries to run
D D 
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G G 
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But he don't get far and his mama cries
Bm Bm 2
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As the crowd gathers round,
an angry young man face
C C 
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down in the street
D D 
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C C 
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with a gun in his hand
D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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In the ghetto, in the ghetto
G G 
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And as her young man dies
Bm Bm 2
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On a cold and grey Chicago morning,
C C 
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another little baby child
D D 
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G G 
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is born in the ghetto, in the ghetto.
Oh, and his mama cries
C C 
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G G 
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