Ub40 - Guns in the ghetto
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Here is the Chord Structure and the lyrics to UB40's 1997
'Guns In The Ghetto' track.
C#=EADGBE F#=EADGBE G#=EADGBE
x4666x xx4322 xx6544
Intro:C# |C# |F# |F# |C# |C# |G# |G# |
Verse 1:
C#Daddy don't go out tonight,F#Just stay home till morning light,
C#Me and Mamma don't feel right,G#Please hold us C#tight,
Daddy why did you go to work',F#When you know just how much we C#love you so,
G#Please come back toC#morrow.
Chorus 1:
They're giving out guns in the F#ghetto, C#
They're saying they will set you G#free,
C#One day i'll have F#children of my own,But i'm C#afraid they won't have G#me.
Verse 2:
C#Mamma is Daddy home',F#Why are you crying all alone',
C#Grandma's tears have turned to stone,
Chorus 2:
*
And G#i'm all alone, C# Mamma isn't Daddy back',F#I'm getting scared and that's a fact, C#Why are we all dressed like that',G#All,All in C#black.They're giving out guns in the F#ghetto, C#
They're saying they will set you G#free,
C#One day i'll have F#children of my own,But i'm C#afraid they won't have G#me.
Verse and Chorus 3:Repeat Verse and Chorus 1.
Verse and Chorus 4:Repeat Verse and Chorus 2(with the small additional lyric *And i'm
chilled to the bone).
Outro:||:C# |C# |F# |F# |C# |C# |G# |G# :||(x3 with Chorus lyrics).