Chord/Tab song: Heaven Help Us All

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#...HEAVEN HELP US ALL... by Stevie Wonder
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#from 'Signed, Sealed and Delivered' (1970)
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#(Written by Ronald Miller)
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#CAPO 4th FRET
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#(Original Key: Ab)
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#Intro:
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#EA/E, EA/E
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#Verse 1:
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[E] Heaven help the [E7/G#]child,
Who [A]never had a home.
[E] Heaven help the [E7/G#]girl,
Who [A]walks the street alone.
[E] Heaven help the [E7/G#]roses,
If the [A]bombs begin to fall;
[B7] Heaven [A]help us [E]all.

Verse 2:

[E] Heaven help the [E7/G#]black man,
If he [A]struggles one more day.
[E] Heaven help the [E7/G#]white man,
If he [A]turns his back away.
[E] Heaven help the [E7/G#]man,
Who kicks the [A]man who has to crawl;
[B7] Heaven [A]help us [E]all.

Chorus 1:

[E] Heaven [F#m7]help [E7/G#]us[A]all, [B7]
[E] Heaven [F#m7]help [E7/G#]us[A]all,
[B7] Help us [E]all.

Heaven [F#m7]help [D]us,
[F#m] Lord, [G#7]hear our [C#m]call,
[C#m7] When we call. [F#7]
[B7][C7]Oh....[A#7]... yeah!

KEY CHANGE

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Verse 3:

[F] Heaven help the [F7/A]boy,
Who wont [Bb]reach twenty-one.
[F] Heaven help the [F7/A]man,
Who [Bb]gave that boy a gun.
[F] Heaven help the [F7/A]people,
With their [Bb]backs against the wall;
[C7] Lord, heaven [Bb]help us [F]all.

Chorus 2:

[F] Heaven [Gm7]help [F7/A]us [Bb]all, [C7]
[F] Heaven[Gm7] help [F7/A]us [Bb]all,
[C7] Heaven help us,
[Gm] Lord, [A7]hear our [Dm]call,
[Dm7] When we [G7]call. [C7]
[Gm] Help us [F]all.

Interlude:

FBb/F, FBb/F

Break:

(Spoken):

[F] Now I lay me [Bb/F]down,
Before I go to sleep.
[F] In a troubled world,
I [Bb/F]pray the lord to keep.
[F] Keep hatred from the mighty,
[Bb/F] And the mighty from the small;

Coda:

(Slower Tempo):

[C7] Heaven [Bb]help us...

(Original Tempo):

[F] All.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!
Heaven [Gm7]help [F7]us [Bb]all.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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[E][A/E] [E7/G#] [A][B7] [F#m7][D]
[EADGBE]022100[EADGBE]002220[EADGBE]402400[EADGBE]x02220[EADGBE]021200[EADGBE]242222[EADGBE]xx0232

[F#m][G#7][C#m] [C#m7] [F#7] [C7][A#7]
[EADGBE]244222[EADGBE]464544[EADGBE]x46654[EADGBE]x46454[EADGBE]242322[EADGBE]x32310[EADGBE]x13131

[F] [F7/A] [Bb][Gm7][A7] [Dm][Dm7]
[EADGBE]133211[EADGBE]x01211[EADGBE]x13331[EADGBE]353333[EADGBE]x02223[EADGBE]xx0231[EADGBE]xx0211

[G7][Gm][F] [Bb/F] [F7]
[EADGBE]323000[EADGBE]3x0330[EADGBE]133211[EADGBE]113331[EADGBE]131211


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
([email protected])