Chords with lyrics
Suffer The Little Children by Pat Benatar
Album: Wide Awake In Dreamland
Track 9
1988
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 4th fret
Chords:
Am: x02210
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
F: x33211 or 133211
Em: x22000
Dm: xx0231
(To play without A augmentedA capo replace the chords above C#m, E, B, A, G# minorG#m & F# minorF#m)
Intro: A minorAm C majorC x 3 A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
A minorAm C majorC
Sweet Melissa, I often pray for you
A minorAm C majorC
I hope your suffering was brief
FF G+G
I hope the angels that watch over all little children
A minorAm E minorEm
Came for you and took you someplace beautiful and sweet
FF
Aahh
A minorAm
Suffer the little children
A minorAm C majorC x 3 A minorAm
A minorAm C majorC
Dear Melissa, I often think of you
A minorAm C majorC
Everytime I hold my baby in my arms
FF G+G
I say a prayer for your mama and daddy too
A minorAm E minorEm
I know they miss you, miss you since you're gone
FF
Aahh
A minorAm C majorC
Suffer the little children
A minorAm C majorC
At the hands of evil men
A minorAm C majorC
No baby dolls, no teddy bears
A minorAm C majorC
No lullabies for them
DmDm
Every mother's nightmare
FF
Will it ever end
A minorAm FF
Suffer the little children
E minorEm A minorAm
At the hands of evil men
A minorAm C majorC x 4 A minorAm
A minorAm C majorC
You who done the deed better do some prayin' too
A minorAm C majorC
Better hope that God's forgivin' like they say
FF
Cause somewhere, somebody keeps a list
G+G
Of the evils that men do
A minorAm
And your name's right up there
E minorEm
I heard 'em say
FF
Aahh
A minorAm C majorC
Suffer the little children
A minorAm C majorC
At the hands of evil men
A minorAm C majorC
No baby dolls, no teddy bears
A minorAm C majorC
No lullabies for them
DmDm
Every mother's nightmare
FF
Will it ever end
A minorAm FF
Suffer the little children
E minorEm A minorAm
At the hands of evil men