Stevie Wonder - Heaven Help Us All Chords & Tabs

 

Heaven Help Us All Chords & Tabs

Stevie Wonder Chords & Tabs

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Heaven Help Us All Chords

   
...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                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)