Song Name: | In The Ghetto | By: | Elvis Presley |
Posted By: | Spiritgirl33 | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | B | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-03-01 21:03:44 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | In The Ghetto
Verse 1: 4 -4 5-4 4 As the snow flies, 4 4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 6 6 on a cold and grey Chicago mornin', 6 6 -5 -5 -5-5 -4 -4 5 -4 4 4 5 a poor little baby child is born in the ghetto. -8 7 7 78 R 4 -4 (in the | ghetto.) 4 -4 5 -4 4 And his mama cries, 4 4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 6 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need, 6 6 6 -5 -5-5-5 5 -4 -4 5 it's an-other hungry mouth to feed, -4 4 4 5 -8 7 7 78 in the ghetto. (in the ghetto.) 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 People, don't you understand 6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 4 the child needs a helping hand, -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 5 he'll grow to be an angry young man some day. 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 Take a look at you and me; 6 -6 7 -8 7 7 -6 6 are we too blind to see? -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 6 Do we simply turn our heads 6 -5 -5 5 4 -4 and look the other way? 4 -4 5 -4 4 Well, the world turns, 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 6 6 and a hungry little boy with a runny nose 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 plays in the street as the cold wind blows -4 4 4 5 -8 7 7 78 in the ghetto,(in the ghetto) 4 -4 5 -4 4 And his hunger burns. 4 4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 6 So he starts to roam the streets at night, 6 6 6 -5 -5 -5 and he learns how to steal -5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 and he learns how to fight -4 4 4 5 -8 7 7 78 in the ghetto.(in the ghetto) Verse 2: 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 6 Then one night in desperation, 6 -6 -6 -6 6 5 the young man breaks a-way; 6 -6 -6 -6 he buys a gun, -6 6 6 6 he steals a car, -5 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 tries to run but he don't get far, 5 -5 5-4 4 and his mama cries. 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 6 6 As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man 6 6 -5 -5 -5 face down in the street -5 5 5 -4 -4 5 with a gun in his hand 5 -4 4 5 -8 7 7 78 in the ghetto,(in the ghetto) 4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -8 7 7 78 And as her young man dies. (in the ghetto) 4 4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 6 6 On a cold and grey Chicago mornin', 6 6 -5 -5 -5 -5-5 5 -4 5 an-other little baby child is born -4 4 4 5 -8 7 7 78 in the ghetto. (in the ghetto) 4 -4 5-4 4 -8 7 7 78 and his mama cries. (in the ghetto) -8 7 7 78 -8 7 7 78 (in the ghetto) (in the ghetto) |