Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto (Guitar)

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As the snow flies

     C#m
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'

  D                E
A poor little baby child is born

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In the ghetto

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And his mama cries

          C#m
'cause if there's one thing that she don't need

     D              E
It's another hungry mouth to feed

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In the ghetto

                 E
People don't you understand

                  D       A
The child needs a helping hand

   D                   E                    A
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day

               E
Take a look at you and me,

           D        A
Are we too blind to see

D            C#m                Bm             E
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way

        A A *
Well the world turns

     C#m                        
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose

D                          E
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows

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In the ghetto

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And his hunger burns

        C#m
so he starts to roam the streets at night

       D                           E
And he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight

       A A *
In the ghetto

E
Then one night in desperation

D                  A
A young man breaks away

D              C#m
He buys a gun, steals a car,

Bm                    E
Tries to run, but he don't get far

        A A *
And his mama cries

         C#m    
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man

     D                         E    
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand

       A A *
In the ghetto

       A A *
As her young man dies,

         C#m
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'

D                   E    
Another little baby child is born

       A A *
In the ghetto

        A A *
And his mama cries...