Heaven Help Us All

Stevie Wonder

Tom: F

(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!

Verse 3:

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)