Merle Haggard – In The Ghetto (Guitar)

A                      C#m
As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago morn,

  D                E
A poor little baby child is born,

       A
In the Ghetto and his mama cries,

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

   D                     E
Is another little hungry mouth to feed,

       A
In the Ghetto.

E                               D                     A
People don't you understand the child needs a helping hand,

D                   E               A
He'll grow to be an angry young man someday,

E                             D               A
Take a look at you and me are we too blind to see,

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

             A
As the world turns.

  C#m
A hungry little boy with a running nose,

D                           E
Plays in the streets as the cold wind blows,

       A
In the Ghetto, 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
In the Ghetto.

     E                            D                A
Then one night in desperation the young man breaks away,

       D                 A                   Bm
And he buys a gun and he steals a car and he tries to run,

    E                      A
But don't get far, and his mama cries.

     A
As a crowd gathers round and the angry young man

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

       A
In the Ghetto, as the young man dies.

     C#m
On a cold and gray Chicago morn

D                   E
Another little baby child is born,

       A
In the Ghetto, his mama cries