In The Ghetto

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In The Ghetto
Elvis Presley

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       A
As the snow flies
     C#m
On a cold and gray chicago morning
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A poor little baby child is born
       A
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
And his mama cries
          C#m
'Cause if there's one thing 
That she don't need
      D             E7
It's another hungry mouth to feed
       A
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

                  E
People, don't you understand
                  D       A
The child needs a helping hand
   D                 E
Or he'll gonna be an angry young
        A
Man some day
               E
Take a look at you and me
           D        A
Are we too blind to see
D            C#m        
Do we simply turn our heads and 
Bm              E
Look the other way

         A
Well the world turns
      C#m
And a hungry little boy 
With a runny nose
D
Plays in the street as the 
E7
Cold wind blows
       A
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
And his hunger burns
      C#m
So he starts to roam the 

Streets at night
       D
And he learns how to steal
                     E7
And he learns how to fight
       A
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

E
Then one night in desperation
    D                 A
The young man breaks away
   D           E
He buys a gun, steals a car
A                    E
Tries to run, but he don't get far
        A
And his mama cries

     C#m
As a crowd gathers 'round an 
Angry young man
     D
Face down on the street with 
  E7
A gun in his hand
       A
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
And as her young man dies

     C#m
On a cold and gray chicago mornin'
 D                  E7
Another little baby child is born
         A
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
And his mama cries
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