Heaven Help Us All by Stevie Wonder
Key: EE | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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*
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Verse 3:
F                F7/A           A#
 Heaven help the boy, who won't reach twenty-one.
F                F7/A    A#
 Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun.
F                F7/A              A#
 Heaven help the people with their back's against the wall;
C7            A#      F
 Lord, heaven help us all.
Chorus 2:
F       Gm7  F7/A A#  C7
 Heaven help us   all,
F       Gm7  F7/A A#
 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  A#/F, F  A#/F
Break: (Spoken)
F             A#/F
 Now I lay me down, before I go to sleep.
F                       A#/F
 In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep.
F                            A#/F
 Keep hatred from the mighty and the mighty from the small...
Coda: (Slower Tempo)
C7      A#
 Heaven help us...
(Original Tempo):
F
 All.
                         Gm7  F7 A#
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     A#      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      A#/F     F7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  xx0231  xx0211  323000  355333  133211  113331  131211