Child Of The Ghetto Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Cm]The[C][G][Am][Dm][D][G][Am]
[C]
old man asks [G]the boy,
what's he fighting [Am]for?
[Dm]Does he lo[D]ok like a rebe[G]l
that's without a [Am]cause?
Boy [C]replies, you [G]don't know what it's like
to [Am]live here, yeah
[Dm]Surrounded b[D]y thei[G]r guns
and drugs in [Am]this bed
So take my [C]hand, come with [G]me
And I will [Am]show you to a place
Where they don't see
[Dm]no p[C]oint in dr[G]eaming
It just gets [Am]thrown back in your face
See I'm a child of the [C]ghetto
[G]A child of the g[Am]hetto
See I'm a child of the [C]ghetto[D]
[G]And here I [Am]am
See I'm a child of the [C]ghetto
[G]The child [Am]of the ghetto,
see I'm a child [C]of the ghetto
And here [G]I a[Am]m, hey
The old [C]lady asked [G]the girl
what she's crying [Am]for
She said since daddy [Gsus2]left
ain't no [G]reason to smile no [Am]more
Can you [C]tell me if [G]you love me
then why did you [Am]leave me?
[Dm]Now [D]I don't go h[G]ome
cause my new daddy beat[Am]s me
So take my [C]hand and come with [G]me
And I will [Am]show you to a place
Where love is [Dm]hard to [D]find
You must [G]be blind
if you don't [Am]see it in my face
That I'm a child of the ghetto
[C]A c[G]hild of t[Am]he ghetto
See I'm a child of the [D]ghetto
An[G]d here I a[Am]m
See I'm a child of the ghetto
[C]A c[G]hild of the ghet[Am]to
See, I'm a child of the ghetto
[C]And here I a[G]m, [Am]yeah
The road [C]is long, but [G]if we're strong,
we'll [Am]make it
Although [D]there's so much
stand[G]ing in our [Am]way
And if one day [C]the chance [G]comes,
then I'll take [Am]it
Cause i wanna be [Dm]somebody,
[D]be som[G]ebody, be -be[C] -be -be
[Am]Chowdery ghetto,
[C]Cho[G]wdery ghe[Am]tto,
Chowdery [D]ghetto, [G]yeah [Am]-yeah
Chowdery ghetto,
[G]Chowdery ghe[Am]tto,
Chowdery [D]Maguetto, [C]oh, [G]oh, [Am]oh, o[C]h,[G] oh,[Am] oh, oh,[C]
[G]oh,[Am] oh, oh, oh, oh, [C]oh, [G]oh, [Am]oh, [Am]oh, you