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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:   A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DA                      DA
As the snow flies.

      Amaj7 (x02120@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)               EOn (022100@1)a cold and grey Chicago morn'   another liitle baby child is born

       A (x02220@1)           DA      DA
In the ghetto

A (x02220@1)                        DA
And his mother cries  ( in the ghetto )

          Amaj7 (x02120@1)                                     Bm'Cause (x24432@1)if there's one thing that she don't need, it's another little hungry

E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)         DA
mouth to feed      In the ghetto

                     E (022100@1)                             D (xx0232@1)     ANow (x02220@1)people don't you understand   The child needs a helping hand

        D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)                   AOr (x02220@1)he'll grow up to be  an angry young man some day

               E (022100@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)    ATake (x02220@1)a look at you and me   Are we too blind to see

   D (xx0232@1)          Amaj7 (x02120@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)           EOr (022100@1)do we just   turn our heads   and look the other way

      A (x02220@1)            DA
as the world turns

      Amaj7 (x02120@1)                                Bm (x24432@1)         .
and a hungry little child with a runny nose  plays in the streets

      E (022100@1)                        A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)Aas (x02220@1)the cold wind blows    And his hunger burns

      Amaj7 (x02120@1)                                        BmSo (x24432@1)he starts to roam the streets at night and he learns how to steal

       E (022100@1)                            A (x02220@1)       DA    DA
and he learns how to fight    In the ghetto

    E (022100@1)                            Bm (x24432@1)               AAnd (x02220@1)then one night in desperation   A young man breaks away

   D (xx0232@1)         Amaj7 (x02120@1)         Bm (x24432@1)                EHe (022100@1)buys a gun   steals a car   tries to run  but he don't get far

       A (x02220@1)                  DA
and his mother cries

    Amaj7 (x02120@1)                                       BmAs (x24432@1)a crowd gathers 'round   an angry young man    face down in the street

      Ewith (022100@1)a gun in his hand

               A (x02220@1)         DA
as her young man dies

      Amaj7 (x02120@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)               Eon (022100@1)a cold and grey Chicago morn'   another little baby child is born

      A (x02220@1)         DA
In the ghetto

                       DA
And his mama cries