Key: C Introduction: C
C
As the snow flies Em
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' F
G
A poor little baby child is born C
In the ghetto C
And his mama cries Em
cause if there's one thing that she don't need F
G
It's another hungry mouth to feed C
In the ghetto G
People, don't you understand F
C
The child needs a helping hand F
G
C
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day G
Take a look at you and me F
C
Are we too blind to seeF
Em
Do we simply turn our heads Dm
G
And look the other way C
Well, the world turns Em
And a hungry little boy with a runny noseF
G
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows C
In the ghetto C
And his hunger burns Em
So he starts to roam the streets at night F
And he learns how to steal G
And he learns how to fight C
In the ghettoG
Then one night in desperation F
C
A young man breaks away F
Em
He buys a gun, he steals a car Dm
G
He tries to run, but he don't get far C
And his mama cries Em
As a crowd gathers round an angry young man F
G
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand C
In the ghetto C
And as her young man dies Em
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' F
G
Another little baby child is born C
In the ghetto C
And his mama criesC