Davis Mac

Davis Mac - The Ghetto guitar chord

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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  D   A   D

A                      D A

As the snow flies.    

      Amaj7                         Bm                 E        

On a cold and grey Chicago morn'   another liitle baby child is born

       A             D A      D A

In the ghetto

A                          D A

And his mother cries  ( in the ghetto )

          Amaj7                                       Bm      

'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need, it's another little hungry

E                        A           D A

mouth to feed      In the ghetto

                     E                               D       A

Now people don't you understand   The child needs a helping hand

        D                 E                     A

Or he'll grow up to be  an angry young man some day

               E                       Bm      A

Take a look at you and me   Are we too blind to see

   D            Amaj7                    Bm             E

Or do we just   turn our heads   and look the other way

      A              D A

as the world turns

      Amaj7                                  Bm           .

and a hungry little child with a runny nose  plays in the streets

      E                          A                 D  A

as the cold wind blows    And his hunger burns

      Amaj7                                          Bm    

So he starts to roam the streets at night and he learns how to steal

       E                              A         D A    D A

and he learns how to fight    In the ghetto

    E                              Bm                 A

And then one night in desperation   A young man breaks away

   D           Amaj7           Bm                  E

He buys a gun   steals a car   tries to run  but he don't get far

       A                    D A

and his mother cries

    Amaj7                                         Bm

As a crowd gathers 'round   an angry young man    face down in the street

      E              

with a gun in his hand    

               A           D A

as her young man dies

      Amaj7                         Bm                 E

on a cold and grey Chicago morn'   another little baby child is born

      A           D A

In the ghetto

                       D A

And his mama cries

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