In The Ghetto chords by Candi Staton

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb majorBb

 Intro:

| A augmentedA D MajorD | A augmentedA | A augmentedA D MajorD | A augmentedA |


Verse 1:
A augmentedA      D MajorD    A augmentedA
As the snow flies
   C# minorC#m              D MajorD        E MajorE
On a cold and gray Chicago morn, a poor little baby child is born
A augmentedA                      D MajorD     A augmentedA
 In the ghetto (in the ghetto) and his mama cries (ooh'ooh)

Verse 2:
     C# minorC#m                    D MajorD          E MajorE
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need, is another little hungry mouth to feed
A augmentedA
 In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

Bridge:
         E MajorE               D MajorD    A augmentedA
People, don't you understand, the child needs a helpin' hand
  D MajorD          E MajorE        A augmentedA
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
        E MajorE           D MajorD    A augmentedA
Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see?
  D MajorD      A augmentedA         Bm7Bm7      E MajorE
Or do we simply turn our heads and look the other way?

Verse 3:
A augmentedA     D MajorD        A augmentedA
 Well, the world turns (ooh'ooh)
   C# minorC#m                 D MajorD             E MajorE
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose, plays in the street as the cold wind blows
A augmentedA                       D MajorD     A augmentedA
 In the ghetto (in the ghetto) and his hunger burns (ooh'ooh)

Verse 4:
   C# minorC#m                  D MajorD             E MajorE
So he starts to roam the street at night, he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight
A augmentedA
 In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

Verse 5:
     E MajorE              D MajorD         A augmentedA
And then one night in desperation, a young man breaks away
  D MajorD      C# minorC#m      Bm7Bm7         E MajorE
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
A augmentedA       D MajorD     A augmentedA
 And his mama cries (ooh'ooh)

Verse 6:
   C# minorC#m                     D MajorD             E MajorE
As a crowd gathers round an angry young man, face down in the street, with a gun in his hand
A augmentedA                   D MajorD            A augmentedA
 In the ghetto (in the ghetto) and as her young man dies (ooh'ooh)

Coda:
   C# minorC#m             D MajorD         E MajorE
On a cold and grey Chicago morn, another little baby child is born
      A augmentedA                   D MajorD       A augmentedA
In the ghetto'o  (in the ghetto ) and his mama cries (in the ghetto )