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In The Ghetto chords by Merle Haggard

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  • Capo on 1st
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

In The Ghetto.
Merle Haggard.
Album: My Farewell To Elvis.
Capo 1.
Play intro as needed
throughout song.

Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA

Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago morn,
  Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramE MajorE
Chord diagramA augmentedA poor little baby child is born,
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the Ghetto and his mama cries,
      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Cause there's one thing that she don't need
   Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramE MajorE
Is another little hungry mouth to feed,
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the Ghetto.

Chord diagramE MajorE                               Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramA augmentedA
People don't you understand the child needs a helping hand,
Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramA augmentedA
He'll grow to be an angry young man someday,
Chord diagramE MajorE                             Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramA augmentedA
Take a look at you and me are we too blind to see,
Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC# minorC#m                Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramE MajorE
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way,
             Chord diagramA augmentedA
As the world turns.

  Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Chord diagramA augmentedA hungry little boy with a running nose,
Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramE MajorE
Plays in the streets as the cold wind blows,
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the Ghetto, and his hunger burns,
      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
So he starts to roam the streets at night
       Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramE MajorE
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight,
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the Ghetto.

     Chord diagramE MajorE                            Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramA augmentedA
Then one night in desperation the young man breaks away,
       Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramB minorBm
And he buys a gun and he steals a car and he tries to run,
    Chord diagramE MajorE                      Chord diagramA augmentedA
But don't get far, and his mama cries.

     Chord diagramA augmentedA
As a crowd gathers round and the angry young man
     Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramE MajorE
Face down the street with a gun in his hand,
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the Ghetto, as the young man dies.
     Chord diagramC# minorC#m
On a cold and gray Chicago morn
Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramE MajorE
Another little baby child is born,
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
In the Ghetto, his mama cries
(In Ghetto, oh, oh...)

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