In The Ghetto lyrics by Elvis Presley
Lyric & Midi information*****************************************************
Song Title * 3869DS: In The Ghetto
Performed By * Elvis Presley
Composer(s) * M. Davis
Publisher * . Unauthorised copying is illegal
Programmer * � 1997 Damian Smith (D.M.S. Productions) Distributed Under License
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* 2-bar intro
As the snow flies,
On a cold and grey Chicago morning,
A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto;
(In the ghetto.)
And his mamma cries,
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
Is another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto.
(In the ghetto.)
People, don't you understand the child needs a helping hand?
He'll grow to be an angry young man someday.
Take a look at you and me.
Are we too blind to see?
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way?
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;
(In the ghetto.)
And his hunger burns,
So he starts to roam the streets at night,
And he learns how to steal, and he learns how to fight
In the ghetto.
(In the ghetto.)
Then one night in desperation, the young man breaks away.
He buys a gun, steals a car,
Tries to run, but he don't get far;
And his mamma cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man,
Face down in the street with a gun in his hand,
In the ghetto;
(In the ghetto.)
And as her young man dies,
(In the ghetto.)
On a cold and grey Chicago morning,
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto,
(In the ghetto.)
And his mamma cries.
(In the ghetto.
In the ghetto.
Ooooooohhhhhhh.)
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Time * 2:59
Length * 66 bars
Tempo * 88pm, ritard from bars 23, beat 2 to 25, 88pm at bar 25, ritard
from bar 40, beat 4 to 42, 88pm at bar 42, ritard from bars 50,
beat 4 to 52, beat 3, 88pm at bar 52, beat 3
Key * B flat major
Ch 1 * Piano 1
Ch 2 * Fingered Bass
Ch 3 * Steel-String Guitar
Ch 4 * Clean Guitar
Ch 5 * Hawaiian Guitar
Ch 6 * French Horn
Ch 7 * Trombone
Ch 8 * Trumpet
Ch 9 * Timpani
Ch 10 * Drums
Ch 11 * Low Strings
Ch 12 * High Strings
