Verse 1
C 
Hush little children, don't you cry 
          C                         F 
Don't you know your daddy is got to die 
 
Chorus
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over 
 
Verse 2
     C                                   Gm 
If religion was a thing that money could buy 
    C                                F Fm 
The rich will live and the poor will die 
 
Chorus
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over 
C           Am      Em 
Too late my brothers, too late 
    F       Fm 
But never mind 
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over 
 
Instrumental
Am Dm G C 
 
Verse 3
C                               Gm 
Hush little children, don't you cry 
          C                         F Fm 
Don't you know your daddy is got to die 
 
Chorus
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over 
C           Am      Em 
Too late my brothers, too late 
    F       Fm 
But never mind 
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over 
 
Outro
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over 
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over 
Am     Dm            G       C 
All my trials, Lord, soon be over