In the Ghetto

When I wrote this tab I tuned my guitar up ½ step so the song is in A# but the
tab in A. 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' showed below or if you're in
a band consider just don't playing them.

I don't have perfect hearing so there are probably mistakes in this tab but
hopefully just minor ones. I also don't speak perfect english.
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This is the A/Asus4 part. Just play this every time you read 'A/Asus4'.
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|.-------------2-------2/3--2/3--2/3\2-------------2------2/3--2/3--2----| 

G| ---------------------2----2----2------------------------2----2----2----|
D|.--------2-----------------------------------2--------------------------| 
A|----0--------------0-----0----0---------0--------------0----------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

C#m, D and E. (For example: '...on a cold and grey Chicago...').
e|----------------------------------2-----------0-------| 
B|----------5-----------5-----------3-----------0-------| 
G|----------6-----------6--------2-----2----------------| 
D|-------6-----6-----6-----6--0--------------2-----2----| 
A|----4-----------4-------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------0-------------| 

D, C#m, Bm, E. (For example: 'Do we simply turn our head...')
e|----2-------0-------------------| 
B|----3-------2-------3-----------| 
G|----2-------1-------4-----------| 
D|--------------------4-----------| 
A|----------------------------2---| 
E|----------------------------0---| 

D, C#m, Bm, E. (A variation, only in: 'He buys a gun...')
e|----2-------0--------------------------| 
B|----3-------2-------3-------0--2--3----| 
G|----2-------1-------4-------1--1--1----| 
D|--------------------4------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------| 

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A/Asus4 (2x)
           As the snow flies,
     C#m
on a cold and grey Chicago mornin'
  D                E
a poor little baby child is born
       A/Asus4 (x2)
in the ghetto.

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/Asus4
in the ghetto.
                     E
Ah, people don't you understand?
                  D       A
The child needs a helping hand,
   D                   E or E7?              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?
          A/Asus4
Well, the world turns.
      C#m
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
D                         E
playes in the street as a cold wind blowes
       A/Asus4 (2x)
in the ghetto.

And his hunger burns,
      C#m
so he starts to roam the streets
       D                          E
and he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight
       A/Asus4
in the ghetto.
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,
        A/Asus4
and his moma 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/Asus4 (2x)
in the ghetto.

And as her young man dies,
   C#m
on cold and grey Chicago mornin',
D                   E
another little baby child is born
       A/Asus4 (7x)
in the ghetto.

And his moma cries...
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Már Kristjónsson [*]
15. FEB 2005, Reykjavík
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