• Song:

    Heaven Help Us All

  • Artist:

    Stevie Wonder

  • Album:

    Best Of/20th Century

...HEAVEN HELP US ALL... by Stevie Wonder
------------------------.................

*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 (022100@1)              E7/G#
 Heaven help the child,
    AWho (x02220@1)never had a home.
E (022100@1)              E7/G#
 Heaven help the girl,
    AWho (x02220@1)walks the street alone.
E (022100@1)              E7/G#
 Heaven help the roses,
       AIf (x02220@1)the bombs begin to fall;
B7 (x21202@1)    A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)Heaven help us all.

Verse 2:

E (022100@1)              E7/G#
 Heaven help the black man,
      AIf (x02220@1)he struggles one more day.
E (022100@1)              E7/G#
 Heaven help the white man,
      AIf (x02220@1)he turns his back away.
E (022100@1)              E7/G#
 Heaven help the man,
              AWho (x02220@1)kicks the man,
Who has to crawl;
B7 (x21202@1)    A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)Heaven help us all.

Chorus 1:

E (022100@1)     F#m7E7/G# (131141@2)A (x02220@1)  B7 (x21202@1)Heaven help us    all,
E (022100@1)     F#m7E7/G# (131141@2)A (x02220@1)Heaven help us    all,
B7 (x21202@1)     E (022100@1)Help us all.
       F#m7 (131141@2)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Heaven help us,
F#m (244222@1)  G#7 (xx1112@1)    C#m (x13321@4)Lord, hear our call,
C#m7 (x4242x@1)         F#7 (242352@1)When we call.
B7 (x21202@1)C7 (x32310@1)  A#7 (x13131@1)   Oh....... yeah!

*KEY CHANGE*
------------

Verse 3:

F (133211@1)              F7/A
 Heaven help the boy,
    BbWho (x1333x@1)won't reach twenty-one.
F (133211@1)              F7/A
 Heaven help the man,
    BbWho (x1333x@1)gave that boy a gun.
F (133211@1)              F7/A
 Heaven help the people,
           BbWith (x1333x@1)their backs,
Against the wall;
C7 (x32310@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)Lord, heaven help us all.

Chorus 2:

F (133211@1)     Gm7  F7/A Bb (x1333x@1) C7 (x32310@1)Heaven help us   all,
F (133211@1)    Gm7   F7/A Bb (x1333x@1)Heaven help us   all,
C7 (x32310@1)Heaven help us,
Gm (355333@1)   A7 (x02020@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)Lord, hear our call,
Dm7      G7 (320001@1)  C7 (x32310@1)When we call.
Gm (355333@1)     F (133211@1)Help us all.

Interlude:

F  Bb/F, F  Bb/F

Break:

(Spoken):

F (133211@1)           Bb/F (102220@1)Now I lay me down,
Before I go to sleep.
F (133211@1)In a troubled world,
  Bb/F
I pray the lord to keep.
F (133211@1)Keep hatred,
From the mighty,
Bb/F
 And the mighty,
From the small;

Coda:

(Slower Tempo):

C7 (x32310@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)Heaven help us...

(Original Tempo):

F (133211@1)All.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!
       Gm7  F7 (131241@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
Heaven help us all.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   E (022100@1)     A/E (002220@1)  E7/G#    A (x02220@1)     B7 (x21202@1)   F#m7 (131141@2)   D (xx0232@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  002220  402400  x02220  021200  242222  xx0232

   F#m (244222@1)   G#7 (xx1112@1)   C#m (x13321@4)  C#m7 (x4242x@1)   F#7 (242352@1)   C7 (x32310@1)    A#7 (x13131@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 244222  464544  x46654  x46454  242322  x32310  x13131

   F (133211@1)    F7/A     Bb (x1333x@1)    Gm7     A7 (x02020@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    Dm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 133211  x01211  x13331  353333  x02223  xx0231  xx0211

   G7 (320001@1)    Gm (355333@1)    F (133211@1)    Bb/F (102220@1)   F7 (131241@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 323000  3x0330  133211  113331  131211


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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