In the Ghetto Chords by Dolly Parton

[Start]

[Verse]
B             Dbm   B
■ As the snow flies ■
     Ebm                          
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
  E                Gb7          
A poor little baby child is born
   B          E B
In the ghetto ■ ■
             Dbm   B
And his mama cries ■
          Ebm                                  
'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
     E              Gb           
It's another hungry mouth to feed
   B         
In the ghetto


[Chorus]
             Gb7           
People can't you understand
              E         B   
A child needs a helping hand
   E                   Gb7                  B  
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
               Gb        
Take a look at you and me
           E        B  
Are we too blind to see
E               Ebm           
Or do we simply turn our heads
Dbm          Gb7      
And look the other way


[Verse]
Gb7             B     Dbm B
While the world turns ■   ■
                    Ebm                  
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
             E                  Gb7       
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
       B      Dbm
In the ghetto ■  
B                Dbm   B
■ And his hunger burns ■
                Ebm                      
So he starts to roam the streets at night
                 E    
He learns how to steal
       Gb            Gb7  
And he learns how to fight
       B     
In the ghetto


[Chorus]
         Gb                  
Then one night in desperation
        E          B   
A young man breaks away
          E          Ebm         
He buys a gun and he steals a car
                Dbm     Gb7             
And he tries to run but he don't get far
B                  Dbm B
And his mama cries ■   ■
Ebm                      
As a crowd gathers 'round
               E  
An angry young man
     E                 
Face down on the street
                  Gb  
With a gun in his hand
B             Dbm B
In the ghetto ■   ■
                  Dbm  B
And her young man dies ■
Ebm                        E      
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
                             Gb  
Another little baby child is born


[Outro]
       B      E B
In the ghetto ■ ■
             Dbm   B
And his mama cries ■


[End]