# #...HEAVEN HELP US ALL... by Stevie Wonder # ------------------------................. # #*from 'Signed, Sealed and Delivered' (1970)* # #(Written by Ronald Miller) # # #*CAPO 4th FRET* # #(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! *KEY CHANGE* ------------ 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) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- E A/E E7/G# A BD#m7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022100 002220 402400 x02220 021200 242222 xx0232 F#m G#7 C#m C#m7 FA#7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 244222 464544 x46654 x46454 242322 x32310 x13131 F F7/A Bb Gm7 ADm7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 133211 x01211 x13331 353333 x02223 xx0231 xx0211 G7 Gm F Bb/F F7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 323000 3x0330 133211 113331 131211 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)