...HEAVEN HELP US ALL... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Signed, Sealed & Delivered' (1970)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: Ab)
Intro:
E A/E, E A/E
Verse 1:
E E7/G# A
Heaven help the child who never had a home.
E E7/G# A
Heaven help the girl, who walks the street alone.
E E7/G# A
Heaven help the roses, if the bombs begin to fall;
B7 A E
Heaven help us all.
Verse 2:
E E7/G# A
Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day.
E E7/G# A
Heaven help the white man if he turns his back away.
E E7/G# A
Heaven help the man 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 B7 E
Heaven help us all, help us all.
F#m7 D F#m G#7 C#m C#m7 F#7
Heaven help us; Lord, hear our call, when we call.
B7 C7 A#7
Oh... yeah!
*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 3:
F F7/A Bb
Heaven help the boy, who won't reach twenty-one.
F F7/A Bb
Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun.
F F7/A Bb
Heaven help the people with their back's 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 Gm A7 Dm Dm7 G7 C7
Heaven help us; Lord, hear our call, 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 Bb/F
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep.
F Bb/F
Keep hatred from the mighty and the mighty from the small...
Coda: (Slower Tempo)
C7 Bb
Heaven help us...
(Original Tempo):
F
All.
Gm7 F7 Bb
Oh, oh, oh, yeah! Heaven help us all.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E A/E E7/G# A B7 F#m7 D F#m G#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 002220 xxx130 x02220 x21202 242222 xx0232 244222 464544
C#m C#m7 F#7 C7 A#7 F F7/A Bb Gm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x46654 x46454 242322 x32310 x13131 133211 x01211 x13331 353333
A7 Dm Dm7 G7 Gm F Bb/F F7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02223 xx0231 xx0211 323000 355333 133211 113331 131211
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
