The Baron Songtext

In the ghetto Elvis C Em7 As the snow flies - on a cold and gray Chicago mornin', F G7 C a poor little baby child is born. in the ghetto. C Em And his mama cries - cause if there's onething she doesn't need F G7 C it's another hungry mouth to feed. In the ghetto. C G F C People, don't you understand, the child needs a helping hand F G7 C he would grow to be an angry man someday. C G F7 C Take a look at you and me, are we to blind to see. F Em Dm G7 Or do we simply turn our heads and looks the other way ? C Em Where the world turns - and a hungry little boy with the running nose F G7 C plays in the street as the cold winds blows. In the ghetto. C Em And his hunger burns - and he starts to roam the streets at night F G7 And he learns how to steel and he learns how to fight. C In the ghetto. G F C And then one night in desperation a young man breaks away, F Em Dm G7 He buy a gun, he steals a car, he has to run, but he don't get far, C Em And his mama cries - as a growd gather's 'round an angry young man, F G7 C Face down in the street with a gun in his hand. In the ghetto. C Em And as her young man died - on a cold and gray Chicago mornin', F G7 C Another little baby child is born. In the ghetto, Ooh, Ohh. And his mama cries ...