If you ever live[G]d in a ghetto
[G]And maybe at the close of your [D7]day
[G]On your front porch you hear the sound of a [C]jukebox[A7]
[G]From the neighbor[C]hood [G]cafe
[G]Well, in the noon you may hear the neighbors fussing
[G]When a kid breaks a window-[D7]pane
[G]In the night, in the night you may be [C]wakened[A7]
[G]By the sound of he [C]outbound [G]train
[G]Well, the rich folks they own the big city
[G]And they down us who living the way we [D7]do
[G]But when you're born a child of a [C]poor man[A7]
[G]You know the ghetto is the [C]only place for [G]you
[G]Well, if there's such a thing as revolution
[G]And there will be if we rise to the [D7]call
[G]When we build, we build, we build, we build the new [C]Jerusalem[A7]
[G]There won't be no more [C]ghetto, ghetto at [G]all
[G]No, there won't be no more [C]ghetto, ghetto at [G]all
[G]And maybe at the close of your [D7]day
[G]On your front porch you hear the sound of a [C]jukebox[A7]
[G]From the neighbor[C]hood [G]cafe
[G]Well, in the noon you may hear the neighbors fussing
[G]When a kid breaks a window-[D7]pane
[G]In the night, in the night you may be [C]wakened[A7]
[G]By the sound of he [C]outbound [G]train
[G]Well, the rich folks they own the big city
[G]And they down us who living the way we [D7]do
[G]But when you're born a child of a [C]poor man[A7]
[G]You know the ghetto is the [C]only place for [G]you
[G]Well, if there's such a thing as revolution
[G]And there will be if we rise to the [D7]call
[G]When we build, we build, we build, we build the new [C]Jerusalem[A7]
[G]There won't be no more [C]ghetto, ghetto at [G]all
[G]No, there won't be no more [C]ghetto, ghetto at [G]all
