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In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
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Capo 1
Tab by Már Kristjónsson [markristjonsson@gmail.com]
15. FEB 2005, Reykjavík
There is actually no guitar in some parts of the song so I didn't
tab those parts (I still wrote down the chords). I recommend you just play
those chords similarly to the 'C#m, D and E part' shown below or if you're in
a band consider just not playing them.
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
E|------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------2----2h3---2h3---2h3p2-|-------2----2h3---3--2----|
G|-------2----2-----2-----2-----|------------2---2---------|
D|----2-------2h4---2h4---2h4---|----2-------2h4-2h4--2----|
A|-0--------0-----0-----0-------|-0--------0---------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------------------|
[C#m] [D] [E]
E|-------------------------|-------2-----------0-----|
B|-------5-----------5-----|-------3-----------0-----|
G|-------6-----------6-----|----2-----2-----1-----1--|
D|----6-----6-----6-----6--|-0-----------2-----------|
A|-4-----------4-----------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[D] [C#m] [Bm] [E]
E|-2-----------------|-------------------|
B|-3--------5--------|-3-----------------|
G|-2--------6--------|-4--------1--------|
D|-0--------6--------|-4--------2--------|
A|----------4--------|-2--------2--------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
Variation (He buys a gun...)
[D] [C#m] [Bm] [E]
E|-2-----------------|-------------------|
B|-3--------5--------|-3--------0-2-3----|
G|-2--------6--------|-4--------1-1-1----|
D|-0--------6--------|-4--------2-2-2----|
A|----------4--------|-2--------2--------|
E|-------------------|----------0--------|
Intro
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
Verse 1
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
As the snow flies,
[C#m]
on a cold and grey Chicago mornin'
[D] [E]
a poor little baby child is born
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
in the ghetto.
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
And his mama cries,
[C#m]
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
[D] [E]
it's another hungry mouth to feed
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
in the ghetto.
Chorus
[E]
Ah, people don't you understand?
[D] [A]
The child needs a helping hand,
[D] [E] [A]
or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day.
[E]
Ah, take a look at you and me,
[D] [A]
are we to blind to see?
[D] [C#m]
Do we simply turn our head
[Bm] [E]
and look the other way?
Verse 2
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
Well, the world turns.
[C#m]
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
[D] [E]
plays in the street as the cold wind blows
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
in the ghetto.
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
And his hunger burns,
[C#m]
so he starts to roam the streets at night
[D] [E]
and he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
in the ghetto.
Chorus
[E]
Then one night in desperation
[D] [A]
the young man breaks away.
[D] [C#m]
He buys a gun, steals a car,
[Bm] [E]
tries to run, but he don't get far,
Verse 3
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
and his mama cries.
[C#m]
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man,
[D] [E]
face down in the street with a gun in his hand,
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
in the ghetto.
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
And as her young man dies,
[C#m]
on a cold and grey Chicago mornin',
[D] [E]
another little baby child is born
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
in the ghetto.
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A]
And his mama cries...
Outro
[A] [D/A] [A] [D/A] x4
(fade out)
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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