(Original Key: Ab)
Intro: EA/E, EA/E
Verse 1:
EE7/G#
Heaven help the child,
A
Who never had a home.
EE7/G#
Heaven help the girl,
A
Who walks the street alone.
EE7/G#
Heaven help the roses,
A
If the bombs begin to fall;
B7AE
Heaven help us all.
Verse 2:
EE7/G#
Heaven help the black man,
A
If he struggles one more day.
EE7/G#
Heaven help the white man,
A
If he turns his back away.
EE7/G#
Heaven help the man,
A
Who kicks the man who has to crawl;
B7AE
Heaven help us all.
Chorus 1:
EF#m7E7/G#AB7
Heaven help us all,
EF#m7E7/G#A
Heaven help us all,
B7E
Help us all.
F#m7D
Heaven help us,
F#mG#7C#m
Lord, hear our call,
C#m7F#7
When we call.
B7C7A#7
Oh....... yeah!
Verse 3:
FF7/A
Heaven help the boy,
Bb
Who wont reach twenty-one.
FF7/A
Heaven help the man,
Bb
Who gave that boy a gun.
FF7/A
Heaven help the people,
Bb
With their backs against the wall;
C7BbF
Lord, heaven help us all.
Chorus 2:
FGm7F7/ABbC7
Heaven help us all,
FGm7F7/ABb
Heaven help us all,
C7
Heaven help us,
GmA7Dm
Lord, hear our call,
Dm7G7C7
When we call.
GmF
Help us all.
Interlude:
FBb/F, FBb/F
Break:
(Spoken):
FBb/F
Now I lay me down,
Before I go to sleep.
F
In a troubled world,
Bb/F
I pray the lord to keep.
F
Keep hatred from the mighty,
Bb/F
And the mighty from the small;
Coda:
(Slower Tempo):
C7Bb
Heaven help us...
(Original Tempo):
F
All.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!
Gm7F7Bb
Heaven help us all.
(Repeat to Fade)