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In The Ghetto by Merle Haggard
In The Ghetto
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo 1.
Play intro as needed
throughout song.
A Asus4 A
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
(In Ghetto, oh, oh...)
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