In The Ghetto chords by Candi Staton

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb

 Intro:

| A D | A | A D | A |



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

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

Bridge:
                  E                             D       A
People, don't you understand, the child needs a helpin' hand
   D                   E               A
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
               E                      D        A
Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see?
   D            A                  Bm7            E
Or do we simply turn our heads and look the other way?

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

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

Verse 5:
         E                           D                 A
And then one night in desperation, a young man breaks away
   D           C#m           Bm7                  E
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
A             D          A
 And his mama cries (ooh'ooh)

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

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