Elvis Presley, In The Ghetto (1969)
^{Key: :[Bb] (w: Mac Davis)}

VERSE 1:
[Bb] As the snow flies
On a [Dm] cold and grey Chicago morn'
[Eb] And a poor little baby [F] child is born
In the [Bb] ghetto (in the ghetto)

VERSE 2:
[Bb] And his mother cries
'Cause if [Dm] there's one thing that she don't need
It's [Eb] another hungry [F] mouth to feed
In the [Bb] ghetto (in the ghetto)

CHORUS 1:
Now people don't you [Dm] understand
The child needs a [Eb] helping [Bb] hand
Or [Eb] he'll grow to be
An [F] angry young man some-[Bb]-day

CHORUS 2:
Take a look at [Dm] you and me
Are we too [Eb] blind to [Bb] see
Or [Eb] do we simply [Dm] turn our heads
And [Cm] look the other [F] way

VERSE 3:
Well the [Bb] world turns
And a [Dm] hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays [Eb] in the streets as the [F] cold wind blows
In the [Bb] ghetto (in the ghetto)

VERSE 4:
And his [Bb] hunger burns
So he [Dm] starts to roam the streets at night
And he [Eb] learns how to steal, and he [F] learns how to fight
In the [Bb] ghetto (in the ghetto)

CHORUS 3:
And [Dm] then one night in desperation
The [Eb] young man breaks a[Bb]-way
He [Eb] buys a gun [Dm] steals a car
[Cm] Trys to run but he [F] don't get far

VERSE 5:
And his [Bb] mama cries
As a [Dm] crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face [Eb] down in the street, with a [F] gun in his hand
In the [Bb] ghetto (in the ghetto)

VERSE 6:
And as her [Bb] young man dies (in the ghetto)
On a [Dm] cold and grey Chicago morn'
And an-[Eb]-other little baby [F] child is born
In the [Bb] ghetto (in the ghetto)

OUTRO:
[Bb] And his mama cries (in the ghetto)