The Ghetto Chords
The Ghetto by Elvis Presley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, C#m, E and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A D A D
A D A
As the snow flies.
C#m D 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 )
C#m D
'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 D A
Take a look at you and me Are we too blind to see
D C#m Bm E
Or do we just turn our heads and look the other way
A D A
as the world turns
C#m D
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
C#m D
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 D A
And then one night in desperation A young man breaks away
D C#m 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
C#m D
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man face down in the
E
street with a gun in his hand
A D A
as her young man dies
C#m D 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