Intro: Bm Verse: Em7 Asus4 D The little girl she said to me Em7 Asus4 Dmaj7 What are these things that I can see Em7 Asus4 D Each night when I come home from school Em7 Asus4 D When mama calls me in for tea Em7 Asus4 D Oh every night a baby dies Em7 Asus4 Dmaj7 And every night a mama cries Em7 Asus4 Dmaj7 What makes those men do what they do Em7 Asus4 D To make that person black and blue
Gmaj7 A9 D Grandpa says their happy now Gmaj7 A D They sit with God in paradise Gmaj7 A D With angels' wings and still somehow Gmaj7 G9 Bm It makes me feel like ice Chorus: D Tell me there's a heaven D Em7 Tell me that it's true Asus4 Tell me there's a reason G D Why I'm seeing what I do D Tell me there's a heaven D Em7 Where all those people go Asus4 Tell me they're all happy now G D Papa tell me that it's so Interlude: Bm Verse: Em7 Asus4 D So do I tell her that it's true Em7 Asus4 Dmaj7 That there's a place for me and you Em7 Asus4 D Where hungry children smile and say Em7 Asus4 D We wouldn't have no other way Em7 Asus4 Dmaj7 That every painful crack of bones Em7 Asus4 D Is a step along the way Em7 G Dmaj7 Bm7 Every wrong done is a game plan Em7 Asus4 D To that great and joyful day Gmaj7 A9 D And I'm looking at the father and the son Gmaj7 A9 D And I'm looking at the mother and the daughter Bm And I'm watching them in tears of pain Bm And I'm watching them suffer Bm Don't tell that little girl A9 Tell me Chorus: D Tell me there's a heaven D Tell me that it's true Asus4 Tell me there's a reason G D Why I'm seeing what I do D Tell me there's a heaven D Em7 Where all those people go Asus4 Tell me they're all happy now G D Papa tell me that it's so
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