The Ghetto
Mac DavisVersion1
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Chords in this song
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As the snow flies.
On a cold and grey Chicago morn' another liitle baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mother cries ( in the ghetto )
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need, it's another little hungry
mouth to feed In the ghetto
Now people don't you understand The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow up to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me Are we too blind to see
Or do we just turn our heads and look the other way
as the world turns
and a hungry little child with a runny nose plays in the streets
as the cold wind blows And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night and he learns how to steal
and he learns how to fight In the ghetto
And then one night in desperation A young man breaks away
He buys a gun steals a car tries to run but he don't get far
and his mother cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man face down in the street
with a gun in his hand
as her young man dies
on a cold and grey Chicago morn' another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
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Readable chord sheet for The Ghetto by Mac Davis
[A] [D] [A] [D] [A]As the snow flies. [D] [A] On a c[Amaj7]old and grey Chicago morn' a[Bm]nother liitle baby [E]child is born In the [A]ghetto [D] [A] [D] [A] [A]And his mother cries ( in [D]th[A]e ghetto ) 'Cause if [Amaj7]there's one thing that she don't need, it's [Bm]another little hungry [E]mouth to feed In the[A] ghetto [D] [A] Now people don't you [E]understand The child needs a h[D]elping h[A]and Or he'll[D] grow up to be an[E] angry young man some [A]day Take a look at [E]you and me Are we too [Bm]blind to[A] see Or [D]do we just [Amaj7]turn our heads and look[Bm] the other way [E] as the[A] world turns [D] [A] and a [Amaj7]hungry little child with a runny nose [Bm]plays in the streets as the[E] cold wind blows And his[A] hunger burns [D] [A] So he [Amaj7]starts to roam the streets at night and he lear[Bm]ns how to steal and he [E]learns how to fight In the g[A]hetto [D] [A] [D] [A] And [E]then one night in desperation [Bm] A young man breaks[A] away He [D]buys a gun [Amaj7] steals a car [Bm]tries to run but he[E] don't get far and his[A] mother cries [D] [A] As a[Amaj7] crowd gathers 'round an angry young man [Bm]face down in the street with a[E] gun in his hand as her young ma[A]n dies [D] [A] on a c[Amaj7]old and grey Chicago morn' a[Bm]nother little baby [E]child is born In the[A] ghetto [D] [A] And his mama cries [D] [A]