In the ghetto
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1. As the snow flies on a cold and grey Chicago morning
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a poor little baby child is born in the ghetto
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and his mama cries, ‘cause if there’s one thing that she don’t need
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it’s another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto.
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People don’t you understand the child needs a helping hand
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or he’ll grow to be an angry young man someday.
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Take a look at you and me. Are we too blind to see
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or do we simply turn or heads and look the other way?
2. Well, the world turns and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
plays in the streets as the cold wind blows in the ghetto,
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
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and then one night in desperation the young man breaks away.
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He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run but he don’t get far
3. and his mama cries as the crowd gathers ‘round an angry young man
face down in the sand with a gun in his hand in the ghetto.
As her young man dies on a cold and grey Chicago morning
another little baby child is born in the ghetto
and his mama cries...
This is the A/Asus4 part. Just play this every time you read 'A/Asus4'.
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C#m, D and E. (For example: '...on a cold and grey Chicago...').
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D, C#m, Bm, E. (For example: 'Do we simply turn our head...')
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D, C#m, Bm, E. (A variation, only in: 'He buys a gun...')
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