...HEAVEN HELP US ALL... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Signed, Sealed and Delivered' (1970)*
(Written by Ronald Miller)
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: Ab)
Intro:
E A/E, E A/E
Verse 1:
E E7/G#
Heaven help the child,
A
Who never had a home.
E E7/G#
Heaven help the girl,
A
Who walks the street alone.
E E7/G#
Heaven help the roses,
A
If the bombs begin to fall;
B7 A E
Heaven help us all.
Verse 2:
E E7/G#
Heaven help the black man,
A
If he struggles one more day.
E E7/G#
Heaven help the white man,
A
If he turns his back away.
E E7/G#
Heaven help the man,
A
Who kicks the man who has to crawl;
B7 A E
Heaven help us all.
Chorus 1:
E F#m7 E7/G# A B7
Heaven help us all,
E F#m7 E7/G# A
Heaven help us all,
B7 E
Help us all.
F#m7 D
Heaven help us,
F#m G#7 C#m
Lord, hear our call,
C#m7 F#7
When we call.
B7 C7 A#7
Oh....... yeah!
*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 3:
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F F7/A
Heaven help the boy,
Bb
Who wont reach twenty-one.
F F7/A
Heaven help the man,
Bb
Who gave that boy a gun.
F F7/A
Heaven help the people,
Bb
With their backs against the wall;
C7 Bb F
Lord, heaven help us all.
Chorus 2:
F Gm7 F7/A Bb C7
Heaven help us all,
F Gm7 F7/A Bb
Heaven help us all,
C7
Heaven help us,
Gm A7 Dm
Lord, hear our call,
Dm7 G7 C7
When we call.
Gm F
Help us all.
Interlude:
F Bb/F, F Bb/F
Break:
(Spoken):
F Bb/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):
C7 Bb
Heaven help us...
(Original Tempo):
F
All.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!
Gm7 F7 Bb
Heaven help us all.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E A/E E7/G# A B7 F#m7 D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 002220 402400 x02220 021200 242222 xx0232
F#m G#7 C#m C#m7 F#7 C7 A#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
244222 464544 x46654 x46454 242322 x32310 x13131
F F7/A Bb Gm7 A7 Dm Dm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133211 x01211 x13331 353333 x02223 xx0231 xx0211
G7 Gm F Bb/F F7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
323000 3x0330 133211 113331 131211
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
