In The Ghetto de Elvis Presley

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In the ghetto
Mac Davis & Elvis Presley
Transcription by Matt Lee [email protected]

VERSE I
A|D|A|D|A|D|A
As the snow flies

      C#min
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'

  Dmaj              Emaj
A poor little baby child is born

A|D|A|D|A|D|A
In the ghetto


VERSE II
A|D|A|D|A|D|A
And his mama cries

           C#min
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need

  Dmaj              Emaj
It's another hungry mouth to feed

A|D|A|D|A|D|A
In the ghetto


BRIDGE I
                  C#min
People, don't you understand
                  Dmaj    Amaj
The child needs a helping hand
   Dmaj                Emaj                 Amaj
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
               C#min
Take a look at you and me,
           Dmaj     Amaj
Are we too blind to see,
Dmaj         C#(note) 
C we simply turn our heads
    B/Dmaj         Emaj
And look the other way

VERSE III
A|D|A|D|A|D|A
Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

VERSE IV
And his hunger burns
G he starts to roam the streets at night
and he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

BRIDGE II
Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car,
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

VERSE V
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

VERSE VI
As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto


Chord Structure consist of basically 3 patterns

Intro
Verses
Bridge

The timing of the Intro is the key and really makes the song.

Intro Riff A,D,A,D,A,D,A______

1    +    2    +    3    +    4      1    +    2    +    3    +    4   
          H    P    H    P    H----                     H   P   H  -----
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----2----3----2----3----2----3----|-----------2----2---3---2---3--2----|
|----2---------2---------2---------|-----------2----2-------2------2----|
|----2----4----2----4----2----4----|-----------2----2---4---2---4--2----|
|-0--------------------------------|-0----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|


Next the verses are a combo of Half the Intro Riff and a really nice
chord cadence

Verses

|   A,D,A,D,A,D,A   |     C#min      |       Dmaj      |       Emaj     
|   A,D,A,D,A,D,A   |


Bridges are a little tricky ...

Bridges
|       C#min       |     Dmaj       |       Amaj      |      Dmaj      
|       Emaj       |        Amaj     |
 
                                                             Walk down
....
|       C#min       |     Dmaj       |       Amaj      |      Dmaj -----
C# ----- B/Dmaj------Emaj

     Walk down....
|------2-------------0--------0----------|
|------3-------------3--------0----------|
|------2-------------2--------1----------|
|------0-------------0--------2----------|
|-------------4------2--------2----------|
|-----------------------------0----------|