Elvis Presley - The ghetto
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From: cs902154@ariel.yorku.ca (RONALD W ENGLISH)
The Ghetto, Elvis Presley
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: C F C F
CAs the snow flies. F C
On a cCmaj7old and grey Chicago morn' aDmnother liitle baby Gchild is born
In the Cghetto F C F C
CAnd his mother cries ( in FthCe ghetto )
Cmaj& Dm
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need, it's another little hungry
Gmouth to feed In theC ghetto F C
Now people don't you Gunderstand The child needs a hFelping hCand
Or he'llF grow up to be anG angry young man some Cday
Take a look at Gyou and me Are we too Dmblind toC see
Or Fdo we just Cmaj7turn our heads and lookDm the other way G
as theC world turns F C
Cmaj7 Dm .
and a hungry little child with a runny nose plays in the streets
as theG cold wind blows And hisC hunger burns F C
So he Cmaj7starts to roam the streets at night and he learDmns how to steal
and he Glearns how to fight In the gChetto F C F C
And Gthen one night in desperation Dm A young man breaksC away
He Fbuys a gun Cmaj7 steals a car Dmtries to run but heG don't get far
and hisC mother cries F C
As aCmaj7 crowd gathers 'round an angry young man Dmface down in the street
with aG gun in his hand
as her young maCn dies F C
on a cCmaj7old and grey Chicago morn' aDmnother little baby Gchild is born
In theC ghetto F C
And his mama cries F C