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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 9 Version 10 Version 11------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ************************************