The Ghetto — Donny Hathaway
Chords and lyrics for The Ghetto by Donny Hathaway (key of E).
Verse 1
4/4
92 bpm
Intro
| [F#m7]• • • • | [F#7sus4/C#]• • • • | [F#m7]• • • • | [F#7sus4/C#]• • •
[Lick] (two stabs)
[F#m7/C#] [Asus2]
Verse 1
Little [F#m7]ghetto [F#7sus4/C#]boy......, playing in the [F#m7]ghetto [F#7sus4/C#]street......
[F#m7]What'cha gonna do when you grow up, [F#7sus4/C#] and have to face
[F#m7][F#7sus4/C#]responsibility......?
[Lick] (two stabs)
[F#m7/C#] [Asus2]
Verse 2
Will you [F#m9]spend your days and nights [C#m7]in a pool room?
Will [F#m7]you sell caps of madness, [A] in the neighborhood?
Little [F#m9]ghetto boy
Bridge
[Bm9] You already[E9] know, [C#m7]how [C#m7]rough...... life can [F#m7]be...
Bm9 C#m7 (F#m9)
'Cause you've seen..., so much pain and misery
| [F#m9]• • • • | • • • • |
Verse 3
[F#m7] Little ghetto boy[F#7sus4/C#]
Your daddy, was [F#m7]blown [F#7sus4/C#]away......
He robbed that [F#m7]grocery store, [F#7sus4/C#] don't you know that was [F#m7]a sad, sad
old day?
| [F#7sus4/C#]• • [C9#11]• • |
Bridge
[Bm9] All of your[E9] young life, you've seen [C#m7]such misery and[F#m7] pain
[Bm9] The world is a[E9] cruel place to live and [C#m7]it ain't gonna [F#m7]change
[Bm11] You're [E9]so young, and you've [C#m7]got so [C#m7]far...... to [F#m7]go.......[F#m7]
But I don't[Bm9] think you'll reach your [E9]goal, young man, [F#m]hanging by the pool
room [F#m7]door
Solo
| [Bm9]• • [E9] • • | [C#m7]• • [F#m7] • • | [Bm9]• • [E9] • • | [C#m7]• • [F#m7] • • |
Look out, son
| [Bm9]• • [E9] • • | [C#m7]• • [F#m7] • • | [Bm9]• [Bm9] • [Bm9] • • | [C#7sus4]• [C#7sus4] •[C#7sus4] • • |
| [F#m7add11]• • • • | • • • • |
Verse 4
Little [F#m7]ghetto boy, [C#m7] when, when, [F#m7] when you become a [F#7sus4/C#]man......
You can [F#m7]make things change, [C#m7] hey, hey...
If [F#m7]you just take a stand
| [F#7sus4/C#]• • [C9#11]• • |
Bridge
[Bm9] You've gotta [E9]believe... in yourself, [C#m7] and in [F#m7]all you do
[Bm9] You've got[E9] to fight to make it [C#m7]better...[F#m7]
[Bm9] You'll see [E9]how other people, [C#m7]will start [C#m7]believing [F#m7]too[F#m7]
[Bm9]My son, [E9] things will start to get [F#m9]better
Break
| [F#m7]• • • • |
Hey...
Fading Outro
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] I declare, I believe that today
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] Just as soon as you make up your
mind
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] Go 'head on and do what's right
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] I said everything, has got to get
better
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] I'm depending on you, little
brother
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] I'm depending on you, hey...
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] Hey, hey, need your help, little
brother
[Bm9](Everything has [E9]got to get [C#m7]better) [F#m7] We need you now
(Everything has got to get better)
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