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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: In The Ghetto
By:   Elvis Presley

{ capo fret 1 }

[intro:]  |A   |A   |

[verse:1]
       |A          |A    |
As the snow flies
     |C#m
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'
 |D                 E             |
A poor little baby child is born
       |A     |A  |
In the ghetto
 
 
[verse: 2]
       |A           |A    |
And his mama cries
          C#m
'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
       D              E
It's another hungry mouth to feed
       |A     |A    |
In the ghetto
 

[bridge: 1]
                   |E
People don't you understand
                   |D      A    |
The child needs a helping hand
   |D                   E                   |A
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
               |E
Take a look at you and me
           |D        A   |
Are we too blind to see
|D             C#m               |Bm            E  |   {let ring}
 Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way
 
 
[verse: 3]
         |A          |A    |
Well the world turns
     C#m
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
D                          E
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
       |A     |A    |
In the ghetto
 
 
[verse: 4]
       |A          |A    |
And his hunger burns
        C#m
so he starts to roam the streets at night
       D                           E
And he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight
       |A     |A    |
In the ghetto
 
 
[bridge: 2]
|E                            |
 Then one night in desperation
|D                  A         |
 A young man breaks away
|D              C#m           |
 He buys a gun, steals a car
|Bm                    E      |  {let ring}    
 Tries to run, but he don't get far
 
 
[verse: 5]
        |A          |A    |
And his mama cries
      C#m
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
      D                         E
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
       |A     |A    |
In the ghetto
 
 
[verse: 6]
       |A              |A    |
As her young man dies
         C#m
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin'
D                   E             {let ring}
Another little baby child is born
       |A     |A    |
In the ghetto
  
[coda:]
        |A          |A    |
And his mama cries  (in the ghetto)
        |A          |A    |
                    (in the ghetto) 
        |A          |A    |
                    (ah  ha }
        |A          |A  {finish}  |



chords:

A       002220
D       000232
Bm      224432
C#m     446654
E       022100