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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Elvis in Memphis – Elvis Presley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Album tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Released June 17, 1969 Recorded January–February 1969 Studio American Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee Genre Rock, soul, country, pop Length 36:42 Label RCA Records Producer Chips Moman, Felton Jarvis Track List 1. Wearin' That Loved On Look 2:47 2. Only the Strong Survive 2:46 3. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) 4:34 4. Long Black Limousine 3:44 5. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' 2:38 6. I'm Movin' On 2:50 7. Power of My Love 2:37 8. Gentle on My Mind 3:22 9. After Loving You 3:09 10. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road 2:38 11. Any Day Now 2:56 12. In the Ghetto 2:57 Musicians Elvis Presley – vocals, guitar, piano on I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) Ed Kollis – harmonica on Power of My Love and True Love Travels on a Gravel Road John Hughey – pedal steel guitar Reggie Young – lead guitar Bobby Wood – piano Bobby Emmons – Hammond organ Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar Mike Leech – bass guitar Gene Chrisman – drums + overdubs (horn and woodwind section, backing vocals) - arranged by Glen Spreen --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wearing That Loved On Look --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Dallas Frazier/A.L. "Doodle" Owens --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse]
F I had to leave town for a little while You said you'd be good while I'm Cgone But the Flook in your eye done told me Bbyou told a lie I Gknow there's been some carryin' Con
[Chorus]
FBaby (baby) you're Bbwearin' that Cloved on Flook. F (Shoop, shoop, Bbshoop, Cshoop) F Bb C F | Bb C | Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
[Verse]
The Fash trays are all full of ashes, The floor needs a touch of the Cmop There's a Fman downstairs with a-Bblong bushy hair He said, your Gparty was a three day Crock
[Chorus]
FBaby (baby) you're Bbwearin' that Cloved on Flook. F (Shoop, shoop, Bbshoop, Cshoop) F Bb C F | Bb C | Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
[Verse]
BabyF, if you ever loved me Then Bonnie and Clyde loved the Claw Well, a Fbird can't fly and I don't Bblike apple pie And Gtrees won't grow in CArkansas
[Chorus]
FBaby (baby) you're Bbwearin' that Cloved on Flook. F (Shoop, shoop, Bbshoop, Cshoop) F Bb C F | Bb C | Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
[Interlude] | F F6 F | % | % | % | | F F6 F | % | % | % | [Chorus]
I Fhad to leave town for a little while You said you'd be good while I'm Cgone But the Flook in your eye done told me Bbyou told a lie I Gknow there's been some carryin' Con
[Chorus]
FBaby (baby) you're Bbwearin' that Cloved on Flook. F (Shoop, shoop, Bbshoop, Cshoop) F Bb C F | Bb C | Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
[Outro] (repeat and fade)
FBaby (baby) you're Bbwearin' that Cloved on Flook. F (Shoop, shoop, Bbshoop, Cshoop) F Bb C F | Bb C | Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
FBaby (baby) you're Bbwearin' that Cloved on Flook. F (Shoop, shoop, Bbshoop, Cshoop) F Bb C F | Bb C | Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Only the Strong Survive - Elvis Presley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Huff/Butler/Gamble CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo 1st fret [Intro] | G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % | [spoken:] I remember my first love affair Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong My mamma had some great advice So I thought I'd put it into words of this song I can still hear her sayin' it [Verse]
GBoy, oh, I see you're C/Gsittin' out there all alone Am/GCryin' your eyes out 'cos the woman that you Glove has gone Oh, there's gonna Gbe, there's gonna be a whole lot of C/Gtrouble in your life Oh, so Am/Glisten to me get up off your knees 'cos Gonly the strong survive
[Chorus]
That's what she sGaid, only the strong survive Only the Am/Gstrong survive, Oh you've Amgot to be Bmstrong, you'd Cbetter hold Don
[Verse]
Don't Ggo all around with your C/Ghead hung down Well Am/GI wouldn't let that little girl, no, I wouldn't let her know That she made me Gfeel like a clown There's a Gwhole lot a girls lookin' for a C/Ggood man like you Oh but Am/Gyou'll never meet 'em if you give up now And say your Glife is through
[Chorus]
Yes she said: Only the Gstrong survive, only the Am/Gstrong survive, You've Amgot to be a Bmman, you've Cgot to take a Dstand
[Interlude] | G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % | Boy, boy, oh boy [Chorus] (outro)
Only the Gstrong survive, only the Am/Gstrong survive, Oh you've Amgot to be Bmstrong, you'd Cbetter hold Don 'Cos Gonly the strong survive Only the Gstrong survive, only the Am/Gstrong survive, You've Amgot to be a Bmman, you've Cgot to take a Dstand Only the Gstrong survive, only the C/Gstrong survive Only the Am/Gstrong survive, only the Gstrong survive
(repeat and fade) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Thomas Dilbeck/Vaughan Horton/Eddy Arnold ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [False starts]
I said I'd Ghold ... I said I'd Ghold ...
[Verse]
I said I'd Ghold you in my heart 'till I can Chold you in my arms G | G/D ] | D | D7 | Like you've never been held before Well I'll Gthink of you each day and then I'll Cdream the night away G D | G | G G Am7 G/B | Oh, 'till you are in my arms once more
[Middle 8]
The Cstars up in the sky, you know they Gknow the reason why EmI feel so A7blue 'cause I'm aA7way from D7you
[Verse]
Yeah I'll Ghold you in my heart 'till I can Chold you in my arms G D | G | G7 | Oh darling please wait for me
[Middle 8]
You know the Cstars up in the sky, you know they Gknow the reason why EmI feel so A7blue 'cause I'm aA7way, I'm D7away from you
[Verse]
Yeah I'll Ghold you in my heart 'till I can Chold you in my arms G D | G | % | Oh darling please wait for me
[Middle 8]
The Cstars up in the sky, you know they Gknow the reason why EmI feel so A7blue 'cause I'm aA7way, I'm away from D7you
[Verse]
I said, I said I'd Ghold you in my heart, heart, heart 'till I can Chold you in my arms G D | G | G G7 | Oh darling please wait for me
[Middle 8]
The Cstars up in the sky, you know they Gknow the reason why EmI feel so A7blue 'cause I'm aA7way, I'm away from D7you
[Verse] + coda
Yeah, I'll Ghold you in my heart 'till I can Chold you in my arms G D | G | % | G7 Oh darling please wait for me
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Long Black Limousine --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Vern Stovall/Bobby George CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2 G/D x-x-0-0-0-3 D#/G 3-6-5-3-4-3 G#/D# x-6-x-5-4-4 B/F# 2-x-4-4-4-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | [Verse]
There's a Glong line of mourners Driving Cdown our little Gstreet Their Gfancy carsD/F# are Emsuch a G/Dsight to Asee, oh Dyeah D7 They're Gall your G7rich friends who Cknew you in the Gcity And G/Dnow they've finally Dbrought you C G | G | % | Brought you home to me
[Verse]
When you Gleft you know you told me That someCday you'd be reGturnin' In a Gfancy carD/F#, Emall the G/Dtown to Asee, oh Dyeah D7 Well now Geveryone is G7watching you, you Cfinally had your Gdream, yeah You're G/Dridin' in a Dlong black limouCsine G
[Verse] variation
You know the Cpapers told of how you lost your Glife, oh yeah The GpartyD/F#, the Emparty and the G/Dfatal crash that Anight D Well the Grace upon the G7highway, oh the Ccurve you didn't Gsee G/D D G | G | C | G | When you were riding in that long black limousine G/D D G | G# | (You were riding in that long black limousine)
[Verse] variation + key change
Through C#tear filled eyes I watch as you pass G#by, oh yeah A G#chauffeuD#/Gr, a Fmchauffeur at the G#/D#wheel dressed up so A#fi-i-F#ine Well I Bnever, I never, never, never Oh my Eheart, all my Bdreams Yeah, they're B/F#with you In that F#long black limouG#msine
[Outro]
Yeah, they're B/F#with you In that F#long black limouG#msine Yeah, yeah, yeah they're B/F#with you In that F#long black limouG#msine
(repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Johnny Tillotson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D | % | G C | G | [Verse]
I Gcry myself to G7sleep each night CWishing I could hold you tight Life Gseems so empty since you went aDway. The Gpillow where you G7lay your head Now Cholds my empty dreams instead D | G C | G | And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
[Chorus]
It Dkeeps right on a-hurtin', every Cminute of the day Every Dhour you're away I feel so Clo-o-oneGly. And I can't Ghelp it, I don't G7think I can go Con D | G C | G | And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
[Verse]
They Gsay a man ain't s’G7pposed to cry But Cwhen I see you passin' by My Gheart breaks down and cries a million Dtears The Gpillow where you lay your G7head Now Cholds my empty dreams instead D | G C | G | And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
[Chorus]
It Dkeeps right on a-hurtin', every Cminute of the day Every Dhour you're away I feel so Clo-o-neGly. And I can't Ghelp it, I don't G7think I can go Con D | G C | G | And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
[Coda] D | G C | G Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. I’m Movin’ On --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Hank Snow --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse] time signature 4/4 5/4 4/4 4/4 5/4 4/4 | D | % | G | D | A7 | D | Capo: 3rd fret Play: D Key: F For chords in original key transpose +3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D | % | [Verse 1] | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
That Dbig eight-wheeler runnin' down the track Mean your Dtrue lovin' Daddy ain't comin' back 'Cause he's movin' Gon, he's rollin' Don You were A7flyin' too high for my little old sky So I'm movin' Don
[Verse 2] | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
But Dsome day, baby, when you've had your play Your gonna Dwant your daddy but your daddy will say Keep movin' G7on, keep rollin' Don You were A7flyin' too high for my little old sky So I'm movin' Don, move on, baby
[Solo 1] 4/4 throughout | D | % | G7 | D | A7 | D | | D | % | % | [Verse 3] | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
Mr. DFireman, won't you please listen to me? 'Cause I Dgotta pretty momma in Tennessee To keep rollin' G7on, keep movin' Don Please A7listen to me, let this rattler free Keep movin' Don, move on, son, move on
[Solo 2] 4/4 throughout | D | % | G7 | D | A7 | D | | D | % | G7 | D | A7 | D | | D | % | % | [Verse 3] | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
Well, I’ve Dtold you, baby, from time to time But you Djust wouldn't listen or pay me no mind And now I'm movin' G7on, I'm rollin' Don I'm A7through with you, too bad you're blue But I'm movin' Don, move on, baby, move on
[Outro] 4/4 throughout, repeat and fade (vocals ad lib) | D | % | G7 | D | A7 | D | I said, "Move on", I said, "Move on" | D | D | I said, "Move on", I said, "Move on" | G7 | D | I said, "Move on", I said, "Move on"
I'm A7through with you, too bad you're blue I said, "DMove on"
| D | D | I said, "Move on", hey, "Move on" | G7 | D | Hey, move on", I said, "Move on"
I'm A7through with you, too bad you're blue I said, "DMove on"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Power of my Love --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bill Giant/Bernie Baum/Florence Kaye Capo: 1st fret Play: E Key: F Basic Riff Capo 1st fret no capo E OR F 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|------------| |------------| B|------------| |------------| G|------------| |------------| D|------------| |--------8-h7| A|2-------0---| |8-----8-8---|8 E|0-----0--p3-|0 |------------| Capo 1st fret no capo A OR Bb 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|------------| |------------| B|------------| |------------| G|------------| |--------8-h7| D|2-------0---| |8-----8-8---|8 A|0-----0--p3-|0 |------------| A|------------| |------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | E | % | % | % | (Riff) [Verse]
Oh, Ebreak it, burn it, Edrag it all around ATwist it, turn it, Eyou can't tear it down Cause Bevery minute, every hour You'll be shaken Aby the strength and mighty power | E | % | % | % | Of my love
[Verse]
ECrush it, kick it, Eyou can never win I Aknow baby you can't lick it, EI'll make you give in BEvery minute, every hour You'll be shaken Aby the strength and mighty power | E | % | % | % | Of my love
[Middle 8]
ABaby I want you, you'll Enever get away AMy love will haunt you, yes, Bhaunt you night and day
[Verse]
ETouch it, pound it, Ewhat good does it do AThere's just no stoppin' the Eway I feel for you Cause Bevery minute, every hour You'll be shaken Aby the strength and mighty power | E | % | % | % | Of my love
[Middle 8]
Yeah, yeah, Ababy I want you, you'll Enever get away AMy love will haunt you, yes, Bhaunt you night and day
[Verse]
ETouch it, pound it, Ewhat good does it do AThere's just no stoppin' the Eway I feel for you Cause Bevery minute, every hour You'll be shaken Aby the strength and mighty power | E | % | % | % | Of my love
[Outro] (repeat and fade)
I said Bevery minute, every hour You'll be shaken Aby the strength and mighty power | E | % | % | % | Of my love
BEvery minute, every hour You'll be shaken Aby the strength and mighty power | E | % | % | % | Of my love
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Gentle on my Mind --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: John Hartford capo: 4th fret play: C key: E For chords in original key transpose this tab +4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e C x-3-2-0-1-0 Em/B x-2-x-0-0-0 Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0 Dm x-x-0-2-3-1 C#aug x-4-3-2-2-x Dm7/C x-3-x-2-1-1 G 3-x-0-0-0-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C | % | [Verse 1]
It's Cknowin' that your Em/Bdoor is always Am7open And your C/Gpath is free to Dmwalk That Dmmakes me tend to C#augkeep my sleeping Dm7/Cbag rolled up And Gstashed behind your Ccouch And it's Cknowin' I'm not Em/Bshackled By Am7forgotten words and C/Gbonds And the Cink stains that have dried upon some Dmline That Dmkeeps you in the C#augback roads By the Dm7/Crivers of my Gmemory That Dmkeeps you ever Ggentle on my Cmind
[Verse 2]
It's not Cclingin' to the Em/Brocks and ivy Am7Planted on their C/Gcolumns now that Dmbind me Or Dmsomething that someC#augbody said beDm7/Ccause They thought we Gfit together Cwalkin' It's just Cknowing that the Em/Bworld Will not be Am7cursing or forC/Ggiving When I Cwalk along some railroad track and Dmfind That you're Dmmovin' on the C#augback roads By the Dm7/Crivers of my Gmemory And for Dmhours you're just Ggentle on my Cmind
[Verse 3]
Though the Cwheat fields and the Em/Bclothes lines And the Am7junkyards and the C/Ghighways come beDmtween us And some Dmother woman's C#augcryin' to her Dm7/Cmother 'Cause she Gturned and I was Cgone I Cstill might run in Em/Bsilence Tears of Am7joy might stain my C/Gface And the Csummer sun might burn me till I'm Dmblind But Dmnot to where I C#augcannot see You Dm7/Cwalkin' on the Gback roads By the Dmrivers flowin' Ggentle on my Cmind
[Verse 4]
I Cdip my cup of Em/Bsoup back From a Am7gurglin' cracklin' C/Gcauldron in some Dmtrain yard My Dmbeard a rustlin' C#augcoal pile And a Dm7/Cdirty hat pulled Glow across my Cface Through Ccupped hands 'round a Em/Btin can I preAm7tend to hold you C/Gto my breast and Dmfind That you're Dmwaitin' from the C#augback roads By the Dm7/Crivers of my Gmemory Ever Dmsmilin', ever Ggentle on my Cmind
[Outro] | C | % | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. After Loving You --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Eddie Miller/Janet Lantz [Intro] all in triplets [ D G ] A A7 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 e ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| B ----5---6---|8-----------|------------|------5-----|------------| G 5---5---5---|7-----------|------------|-----5h6----|------------| D 5---5---7---|9-----------|------------|------5-----|------------| A ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| E ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D1 2 3 4 5 6 G1 2 3 4 5 6 D1 e|------------|------------| B|------------|------------| G|7-----------|------------| D|7-----------|--7-9-------|0 A|----------5-/9-----7-0-2-| E|------5-7---|------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] [ D ] | A | A A7 | D G | D (break) [Verse]
But now after Gloving you, what else is Dthere to do For honey, Aall the rest is just gonna have to be Dsecond best
[Verse]
I know I'll Ggo through life comparing Dher to you A | D G7 | D | That's 'cause I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you
[Middle 8]
Your precious love cannot Gbe erased by just another woman with a Dpretty face E7 | A | A7 And your memory, you know it will remain for it cannot be erased (break)
[Verse]
Other loves may Gcome along, they can't live Dup to you A | D G7 | D | That's 'cause I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you
[Middle 8]
Your precious love cannot G7be erased by just another woman with a Dpretty face E7 | A | A7 And your memory, you know it will remain for it cannot be erased (break)
[Verse]
Other loves may Gcome along, they can't live Dup to you A | D G7 | D | That's 'cause I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you A | D G7 | D | I said I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you I said I'm no good, I'm no good, I'm no Agood to anyone | D G7 | D | To anyone, to anyone, to anyone after loving you (repeat and fade)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. True Love Travels On A Gravel Road --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: A.L. Owens/Dallas Frazier CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e F/G 3-x-3-2-1-x Em/B x-2-0-0-0-0 Eaug 0-3-2-1-1-x F/C x-3-x-2-1-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C Em | Dm F/G | C | % | [Verse 1]
CHow many girls choose Em/Bcotton dress worlds When Fthey could have satins and Clace E E7 F | G | And stand by her man, never once letting shade touch her face CHow many hearts could live Eaugthrough all the winters We've Fknown and still not be Ccold C Em Dm F/G C | C F/C | True love travels on a gravel road
[Chorus]
CLove is a stranger and Eaughearts are in danger All Fthrough streets paved with Cgold C Em Dm F/G C | C | Oh, true love travels on a gravel road.
[Interlude] | C Em | Dm F/G | C | % | [Verse 2]
CDown through the years we've had Em/Bhard times and tears But Fthey only helped our love Cgrow E F | G | And we'll stay together no matter how strong the wind blows Not Conce have I seen your Eaugblue eyes filled with envy Or Fstray from the one that you Chold C Em Dm F/G C | C | Oh, true love travels on a gravel road.
[Chorus]
CLove is a stranger and Eaughearts are in danger All Fthrough streets paved with Cgold C Em Dm F/G C | C | Oh, true love travels on a gravel road
[Outro] C Em Dm F/G C | C | Yeah, true love travels on a gravel road. Mmmm C Em Dm F/G C | C | True love travels on a gravel road. C Em Dm F/G C | C | True love travels on a gravel road (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Any Day Now --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Burt Bacharach/Bob Hilliard [Intro]
D1 + 2 +Dsus2 3 + 4 + D1 + 2 + D73 + 4 + D61 + 2 + D3 + 4 + Dsus4 1 + 2 + D3 +Dsus2 4 + e|2-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|3-------3-------|3-------1-------|3-------3-------|3-------3---3---| G|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|4-------2-------|0-------2---2---| D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------4---2---| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D Dsus2 | D D7 | D6 D | Dsus4 D Dsus2 | | G | % | Em | % | [Verse]
Any Gday now Bm I will hear you say GoodCbye my love CYou'll be on your C#dim7way Then my G/Dwild beautiful Gaug/D#bird You will have Emflown Cm Any G/Dday now (Any day now) I'll be all aC/Dlone (I'll be all alone) C/DOh, oh, oh, oh, Goh
[Verse]
Any Gday now Bm When your restless eyes Meet someone Cnew CTo my sad surC#dim7prise Then the G/Dblue shadow will Gaug/D#fall All over Emtown Cm Any G/Dday now (Any day now) Love will letC/D me down (Love will let me down) C/DOh, oh, oh, oh, Goh
[Interlude] | G | % | Em | % | [Middle 8]
Em I know I shouldn't want to keep you If you Bmdon't want to Cstay, Dyeah G Until you've gone forBmever I'll be Emholding Bmon for dear Emlife D Holding you this Cway C/D Begging you to Gstay
[Verse]
G Any day now Bm When the clock strikes go You'll call it Coff CThen my tears will C#dim7flow Then the G/Dblue shadow will Gaug/D#fall All over Emtown Cm Any G/Dday now (Any day now) Love will let me Cdown C/D (Love will let me down) And you won't be aGround
[Outro] | G | % | Em | % | (Any day now) Any day now | G | % | Em | % | Don't fly away, my beautiful bird | G | % | Em | % | Don't fly away, my beautiful bird (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. In the Ghetto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Mac Davis Capo: 3rd fret Play: G Key: Bb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e G 3-x-0-0-0-x C/G 3-x-2-0-1-x Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G C/G | G C/G G | [Verse 1] | G C/G | G C/G G | As the snow flies
On a Bmcold and gray Chicago mornin' A Cpoor little baby Dchild is born | G C/G | G C/G G | In the ghetto
[Verse] | G C/G | G C/G G | And his mama cries
Cause if Bmthere’s one thing that she don’t need It’s aCnother hungry Dmouth to feed | G C/G | G C/G G | In the ghetto
[Middle 8]
People, don’t you Dunderstand The child needs a Chelping Ghand Or Che’ll grow to be an Dangry young man some Gday D [ Dsus4 D ] Now, take a look at you and me, Are we too Cblind to Gsee, CDo we simply Bmturn our heads And Am7look the other Dway
[Verse] | G C/G | G C/G G | Well the world turns
And a Bmhungry little boy with a runny nose CPlays in the street as the Dcold wind blows | G C/G | G C/G G | In the ghetto
[Verse] | G C/G | G C/G G | And his hunger burns
So, he Bmstarts to roam the streets at night And he Clearns how to steal and he Dlearns how to fight | G C/G | G C/G G | In the ghetto
[Middle 8] variation
DThen one night in desperation The Cyoung man breaks aGway He Cbuys a gun, Bmsteals a car, AmTries to run, but he Ddon’t get far
[Verse] | G C/G | G C/G G | His mama cries
As a Bmcrowd gathers round an angry young man Face Cdown on the street with a Dgun in his hand | G C/G | G C/G G | In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
[Verse] | G C/G | G C/G G | As her young man dies (In the ghetto)
On a Bmcold and gray Chicago mornin', ACnother little baby Dchild is born ... | G C/G | G C/G G | In the ghetto (In the ghetto)
[Outro] | G C/G | G C/G G | And his mama cries (In the ghetto) | G C/G | G C/G G | (In the ghetto) | G C/G | G C/G G | (Aah, aaah) | G C/G | G C/G G | (fade out)