Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – In The Ghetto (Guitar)

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As the snow flies

     C#m7
On a cold and grey Chicago morning

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A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto

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And his mamma cries

        C#m7
'Cos if there's one thing that she don't need

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It is another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto

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People dont you understand

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This child needs a helping hand

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he's gonna grow to be an angry young man some day

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Take a look at you and me

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Are we that blind to see

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Or do we simply turn our heads and look the other way

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and the world turns

      C#m7
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose

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Plays in the street as the cold wind blows in the ghetto

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And his hunger burns

      C#m7
So he starts to roam the streets at night

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And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in the ghetto

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Then one night in desperation the young man breaks away

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He buys a gun, he steals a car,

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He tries to run but he don't get far

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And his mamma cries

  C#m7
A crowd gathers round an angry young man

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Face down in the street with a gun in his hand in the ghetto

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People dont you understand

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This child needs a helping hand

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he's gonna grow to be an angry young man some day

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Take a look at you and me

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Are we that blind to see

    D           C#m                 Bm                E7
Or do we simply turn our heads and look the other way

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And as her young man dies

C#m7
On a cold and grey Chicago morning

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Another little baby child is born in the ghetto

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In the ghetto