Elvis PresleyThe Ghetto
 



The Ghetto

This song was written by Mac Davis of "Oh Lord, It's HArd To BE Humble" fame.
The real name of the song  is "The Vicious Circle"

Intro:        A  D   A   D

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

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