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In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley - Guitar Chords

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                         In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
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Capo 1

Tab by Már Kristjónsson []
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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