In The Ghetto

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Intro:

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    As the snow flies

         C#m

    On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'

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    A poor little baby child is born

           A

    In the ghetto

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    And his mama cries

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

         D              E

    it's another hungry mouth to feed

            A

    In the ghetto

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    People, don't you understand

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    the child needs a helping hand

       D                   E                    A

    or he'll 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 too blind to see,

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    Or do we simply turn our heads

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    and look the other way

    Well the world turns

    and a hungry little boy with a runny nose

    plays in the street as the cold wind blows

    In the ghetto

    And his hunger burns

    so he starts to roam the streets at night

    and he learns how to steal

    and he learns how to fight

    In the ghetto

        E

    And then one night in desperation

      D                A

    a young man breaks away

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    He buys a gun, steals a car,

    Bm                   E

    tries to run, but he don't get far

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    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

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    In the ghetto

    As her young man dies,

    on a cold and gray Chicago mornin',

    another little baby child is born

    In the ghetto