In The Ghetto Chords by Elvis Presley
Tempo:
104 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [Gm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] As the snow flies,
[Gm] on a cold and gray [Dm] Chicago morning, [Eb] a poor little [F] baby child is [Bb] born in the ghetto.
[Eb] [Bb] And his mama cries, [Dm] cause if there's one thing that she don't [Eb] need, it's another [F] hungry mouth to [Bb] feed in the ghetto.
[Eb] People, [F] don't you understand, [Eb] the child needs a [Bb] helping hand.
[Eb] He'll grow to be [F] an angry young [Bb] man someday.
[F] Take a look at you and me, are [Eb] we too blind [Bb] to see?
[Eb] Do we [Dm] simply turn our [Cm] heads and look the [F] other way?
[Bb] Well the world turns.
[Dm] A hungry little boy with a runny nose [Eb] plays in the street [F] as the cold wind [Bb] blows in the ghetto.
And his hunger burns.
So [D] he starts to roam the streets at [Eb] night and he learns how to steal and [F] he learns how to fight [Bb] in the ghetto.
[F] Then one night in [Eb] desperation the young [Bb] man breaks away.
[Eb] He buys a [Dm] gun, steals a car, [Cm] tries to run [F] but he don't get far.
And [Bb] his mama cries.
[Dm] As the crowd gathers round an angry young man [Eb] face down in the [F] street with a gun in his [Bb] hand in the ghetto.
And as her young man dies, [Eb] [Bb]
on [D] a cold [Dm] and grey Chicago [Eb] morning another little baby [F] child is born [Bb] in the ghetto.
And his mama cries.
[Eb] [Bb] As the snow flies,
[Gm] on a cold and gray [Dm] Chicago morning, [Eb] a poor little [F] baby child is [Bb] born in the ghetto.
[Eb] [Bb] And his mama cries, [Dm] cause if there's one thing that she don't [Eb] need, it's another [F] hungry mouth to [Bb] feed in the ghetto.
[Eb] People, [F] don't you understand, [Eb] the child needs a [Bb] helping hand.
[Eb] He'll grow to be [F] an angry young [Bb] man someday.
[F] Take a look at you and me, are [Eb] we too blind [Bb] to see?
[Eb] Do we [Dm] simply turn our [Cm] heads and look the [F] other way?
[Bb] Well the world turns.
[Dm] A hungry little boy with a runny nose [Eb] plays in the street [F] as the cold wind [Bb] blows in the ghetto.
And his hunger burns.
So [D] he starts to roam the streets at [Eb] night and he learns how to steal and [F] he learns how to fight [Bb] in the ghetto.
[F] Then one night in [Eb] desperation the young [Bb] man breaks away.
[Eb] He buys a [Dm] gun, steals a car, [Cm] tries to run [F] but he don't get far.
And [Bb] his mama cries.
[Dm] As the crowd gathers round an angry young man [Eb] face down in the [F] street with a gun in his [Bb] hand in the ghetto.
And as her young man dies, [Eb] [Bb]
on [D] a cold [Dm] and grey Chicago [Eb] morning another little baby [F] child is born [Bb] in the ghetto.
And his mama cries.
Key:
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Eb
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Dm
Gm
Bb
Eb
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] As the snow _ flies, _
_ _ [Gm] _ on a cold and gray [Dm] Chicago morning, [Eb] a poor little [F] baby child is [Bb] born in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] And his mama cries, _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] cause if there's one thing that she don't [Eb] need, it's another [F] hungry mouth to [Bb] feed in the ghetto. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] People, [F] don't you understand, [Eb] the child needs a [Bb] helping hand.
[Eb] He'll grow to be [F] an angry young [Bb] man someday. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Take a look at you and me, are [Eb] we too blind [Bb] to see?
_ [Eb] Do we [Dm] simply turn our [Cm] heads and look the [F] other way? _
_ [Bb] Well the world _ turns.
_ _ _ [Dm] A hungry little boy with a runny nose [Eb] plays in the street [F] as the cold wind [Bb] blows in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And his hunger burns. _ _ _ _ _
So [D] he starts to roam the streets at [Eb] night and he learns how to steal and [F] he learns how to fight [Bb] in the ghetto. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Then one night in [Eb] desperation the young [Bb] man breaks away.
[Eb] He buys a [Dm] gun, steals a car, [Cm] tries to run [F] but he don't get far.
And [Bb] his mama cries. _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] As the crowd gathers round an angry young man [Eb] face down in the [F] street with a gun in his [Bb] hand in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ And as her young man _ _ dies, [Eb] _ [Bb]
on [D] a cold [Dm] and grey Chicago [Eb] morning another little baby [F] child is born _ [Bb] in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And his mama cries. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ [Bb] As the snow _ flies, _
_ _ [Gm] _ on a cold and gray [Dm] Chicago morning, [Eb] a poor little [F] baby child is [Bb] born in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] And his mama cries, _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] cause if there's one thing that she don't [Eb] need, it's another [F] hungry mouth to [Bb] feed in the ghetto. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] People, [F] don't you understand, [Eb] the child needs a [Bb] helping hand.
[Eb] He'll grow to be [F] an angry young [Bb] man someday. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Take a look at you and me, are [Eb] we too blind [Bb] to see?
_ [Eb] Do we [Dm] simply turn our [Cm] heads and look the [F] other way? _
_ [Bb] Well the world _ turns.
_ _ _ [Dm] A hungry little boy with a runny nose [Eb] plays in the street [F] as the cold wind [Bb] blows in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And his hunger burns. _ _ _ _ _
So [D] he starts to roam the streets at [Eb] night and he learns how to steal and [F] he learns how to fight [Bb] in the ghetto. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Then one night in [Eb] desperation the young [Bb] man breaks away.
[Eb] He buys a [Dm] gun, steals a car, [Cm] tries to run [F] but he don't get far.
And [Bb] his mama cries. _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] As the crowd gathers round an angry young man [Eb] face down in the [F] street with a gun in his [Bb] hand in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ And as her young man _ _ dies, [Eb] _ [Bb]
on [D] a cold [Dm] and grey Chicago [Eb] morning another little baby [F] child is born _ [Bb] in the ghetto. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And his mama cries. _ _ _ _ _ _
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