Tonart: C major•
Verse 1
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C
As the snow flies
Em
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
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G
A poor little baby child is born
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C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
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C
F
And his mama cries
C
Em
'Cause if there's one thing
that she don't need
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G
It's another hungry mouth to feed
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F
C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
Verse 2
G
People, don't you understand
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C
A child needs a helpin' hand
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G
Or he'll grow to be an angry
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Take a look at you and me
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C
Are we too blind to see?
F
Em
Do we simply turn our heads
Dm
G
And look the other way?
Verse 3
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C
world turns
Em
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
F
Plays in the street as the
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F
C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
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C
Dm
And his hunger burns
C
Em
So he starts to roam
the streets at night
F
And he learns how to steal
G
and he learns how to fight
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F
C
G
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
Verse 4
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Then one night in desperation The
F
Em
He buys a gun and he steals a car
Dm
G
He tries to run but he don't get far
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F
C
And his mama cries
Verse 5
Em
As a crowd gathers 'round
an angry young man
F
Face down on the street
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C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
And as her young man
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C
dies (In the ghetto)
Em
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
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G
Another little baby child is born
C
In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
F
C
F
C
And his mama cries
(In the ghetto)
Outro 1
(In the ghetto, oh ho)
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