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Version 1...HEAVEN HELP US ALL... by Stevie Wonder ------------------------................. *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* ------------ 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: --------------- 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 ()