Chords for Mac Davis - In The Ghetto (live)
Tempo:
81.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I do a song that I wrote that was a really big hit.
It was the first really big hit I'd ever had.
I owe a lot to the song.
It goes like this.
[D] [A]
As the snow [D] flies
[A]
The [C#m] cold and grey Chicago [D] morning
The poor little [E] baby child is [A] born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
[C#m] Cause if there's one thing she don't [D] need
It's another hug, [E] mouth to feed
[A] In the ghetto
[A]
[E] People don't you understand
A [D] child needs a [A] helping hand
[D] But he'll grow to be [E] an angry young man [A] someday
Take a [E] look at you and me
Are we too [D] [A] blind to see
Or [D] do we simply [C#m] turn our heads
And look [E] the other [E] way
[A] Oh, the world [D] [A] turns
And the [C#m] hungry little boy with a runny [D] nose
Plays in the street as the [E] cold wind blows
[A] In the ghetto
[D] [A]
And his hunger burns
So he [C#m] starts to roam the streets at night
[D] And he learns how to [E] steal
And he learns how to [A] fight in the ghetto
[E] And then one night in [D] desperation
The young man breaks a [A] weed
He [D] buys a gun, [C#m] steals a car
[Bm] Tries to run but he [C#m] don't get far
[A] And his mama [D] cries
[A]
[C#m] As a crowd gathers round an angry young man
[D] Facedown in the street [E] with a gun in his hand
[A] In the ghetto
[D] [A]
And as her young man died
[C#m] On a cold and grey Chicago morning
[D] And another little [E] baby child is born
[A] In the ghetto
[D] [A] And his mama cries
[A]
It was the first really big hit I'd ever had.
I owe a lot to the song.
It goes like this.
[D] [A]
As the snow [D] flies
[A]
The [C#m] cold and grey Chicago [D] morning
The poor little [E] baby child is [A] born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
[C#m] Cause if there's one thing she don't [D] need
It's another hug, [E] mouth to feed
[A] In the ghetto
[A]
[E] People don't you understand
A [D] child needs a [A] helping hand
[D] But he'll grow to be [E] an angry young man [A] someday
Take a [E] look at you and me
Are we too [D] [A] blind to see
Or [D] do we simply [C#m] turn our heads
And look [E] the other [E] way
[A] Oh, the world [D] [A] turns
And the [C#m] hungry little boy with a runny [D] nose
Plays in the street as the [E] cold wind blows
[A] In the ghetto
[D] [A]
And his hunger burns
So he [C#m] starts to roam the streets at night
[D] And he learns how to [E] steal
And he learns how to [A] fight in the ghetto
[E] And then one night in [D] desperation
The young man breaks a [A] weed
He [D] buys a gun, [C#m] steals a car
[Bm] Tries to run but he [C#m] don't get far
[A] And his mama [D] cries
[A]
[C#m] As a crowd gathers round an angry young man
[D] Facedown in the street [E] with a gun in his hand
[A] In the ghetto
[D] [A]
And as her young man died
[C#m] On a cold and grey Chicago morning
[D] And another little [E] baby child is born
[A] In the ghetto
[D] [A] And his mama cries
[A]
Key:
A
D
E
C#m
Bm
A
D
E
I do a song that I wrote that was a really big hit.
It was the first really big hit I'd ever had.
I owe a lot to the song.
It goes like this.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ As the snow [D] flies
[A] _
_ _ The [C#m] cold and grey Chicago [D] morning
The poor little [E] baby child is [A] born in the ghetto _ _ _ _
_ _ And his mama cries _ _
_ [C#m] Cause if there's one thing she don't [D] need
It's another hug, [E] mouth to feed
[A] In the ghetto
_ [A] _ _
_ [E] People don't you understand
A [D] child needs a [A] helping hand
[D] But he'll grow to be [E] an angry young man [A] someday _
Take a [E] look at you and me
Are we too [D] [A] blind to see
Or [D] do we simply [C#m] turn our heads
And look [E] the other [E] way
_ [A] Oh, the world [D] [A] turns
_ _ And the [C#m] hungry little boy with a runny [D] nose
Plays in the street as the [E] cold wind blows
[A] In the ghetto
[D] _ [A] _
_ _ And his hunger burns _ _
_ _ So he [C#m] starts to roam the streets at night
[D] And he learns how to [E] steal
And he learns how to [A] fight in the ghetto _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] And then one night in [D] desperation
The young man breaks a [A] weed
He [D] buys a gun, [C#m] steals a car
[Bm] Tries to run but he [C#m] don't get far
[A] And his mama [D] cries
[A] _
_ _ _ [C#m] As a crowd gathers round an angry young man
[D] Facedown in the street [E] with a gun in his hand
[A] In the ghetto
_ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ And as her young man died
_ _ _ [C#m] On a cold and grey Chicago morning
[D] And another little [E] baby child is born
[A] In the ghetto
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ And his mama cries
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
It was the first really big hit I'd ever had.
I owe a lot to the song.
It goes like this.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ As the snow [D] flies
[A] _
_ _ The [C#m] cold and grey Chicago [D] morning
The poor little [E] baby child is [A] born in the ghetto _ _ _ _
_ _ And his mama cries _ _
_ [C#m] Cause if there's one thing she don't [D] need
It's another hug, [E] mouth to feed
[A] In the ghetto
_ [A] _ _
_ [E] People don't you understand
A [D] child needs a [A] helping hand
[D] But he'll grow to be [E] an angry young man [A] someday _
Take a [E] look at you and me
Are we too [D] [A] blind to see
Or [D] do we simply [C#m] turn our heads
And look [E] the other [E] way
_ [A] Oh, the world [D] [A] turns
_ _ And the [C#m] hungry little boy with a runny [D] nose
Plays in the street as the [E] cold wind blows
[A] In the ghetto
[D] _ [A] _
_ _ And his hunger burns _ _
_ _ So he [C#m] starts to roam the streets at night
[D] And he learns how to [E] steal
And he learns how to [A] fight in the ghetto _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] And then one night in [D] desperation
The young man breaks a [A] weed
He [D] buys a gun, [C#m] steals a car
[Bm] Tries to run but he [C#m] don't get far
[A] And his mama [D] cries
[A] _
_ _ _ [C#m] As a crowd gathers round an angry young man
[D] Facedown in the street [E] with a gun in his hand
[A] In the ghetto
_ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ And as her young man died
_ _ _ [C#m] On a cold and grey Chicago morning
[D] And another little [E] baby child is born
[A] In the ghetto
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ And his mama cries
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _