Intro: Bb Bbsus4 Bb

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As the snow flies


     Bb                Dm
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
  Eb                F
a poor little baby child is born
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In the ghetto

And his mama cries
         Bb                      Dm
cause if there's one thing that she don't need
      Eb             F
It's another hungry mouth to feed
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In the ghetto


                  F
People, don't you understand
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The child needs a helping hand
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Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
               F
Take a look at you and me,
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Are we too blind to see,
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Do we simply turn our heads
    Eb              F
And look the other way?
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Well the world turns


      Bb                        Dm
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Eb                          F
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
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In the ghetto

And his hunger burns


      Bb                  Dm
So he starts to roam the streets at night
       Eb
And he learns how to steal
       F
And he learns how to fight
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In the ghetto


F
Then one night in desperation
  Eb                 Bb
a young man breaks away
   Eb           Bb
He buys a gun, steals a car,
Eb                    F
Tries to run, but he don't get far
        Bb
And his mama cries


     Bb
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
     Eb                         F
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
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In the ghetto

As her young man dies


     Bb                Dm
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
 Eb                  F
Another little baby child is born
       Bb
In the ghetto

And his mama cries

Outro: Bb Bbsus4 Bb
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