Suffer Little Children chords by The Smiths

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 C#m7C#m7


🎸 Verse 1:
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
Over the moors, take me to the moors
Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7     Dmaj7Dmaj7  C#m7C#m7
dig a shallow grave and I'll lay me down
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
Over the moors, take me to the moors
Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7     Dmaj7Dmaj7  C#m7C#m7
dig a shallow grave and I'll lay me down
Bm7Bm7  E6sus2     G#m7G#m7     G+G
Lesley-Anne with your pretty white beads
  A augmentedA         F minorFm
oh John, you'll never be a man
D MajorD   E6sus2      D MajorD    E6sus2 G#m7G#m7   G+G
  and you'll never see your  home  home again
A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7    D MajorD     E6sus2
  oh Manchester, so much to answer for

🎸 Verse 2:
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
Edward, see those alluring lights?
Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7     Dmaj7Dmaj7  C#m7C#m7
tonight will be yo -ur very last night.
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
a woman said, "I know my son is dead
Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7     Dmaj7Dmaj7  C#m7C#m7
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head."
Bm7Bm7   E6sus2   G#m7G#m7  G+G
Hindley wakes and Hindley says:
A augmentedA    F#m7F#m7  D MajorD    E6sus2
Hindely wakes, hindeley wakes
D MajorD    E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G
Hindley wakes and says
A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7        D MajorD   E6sus2
"Oh Wherever he has gone
I have gone."

🎸 Verse 3:
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7   Bm7Bm7  Dmaj7Dmaj7   C#m7C#m7
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
fresh lilaced moorland fields
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7   Bm7Bm7  Dmaj7Dmaj7   C#m7C#m7
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Bm7Bm7   E6sus2 G#m7G#m7  G+G
Hindley wakes aaaand  says:
A augmentedA    F#m7F#m7  D MajorD    E6sus2
Hindely wakes, hindeley wakes
D MajorD    E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G
Hindley wakes aaaand says
A augmentedA     F#m7F#m7      D MajorD   E6sus2
"Oh Whatever he has done
I have done."

🎸 Verse 4:
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
But this is no easy ride
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7   Bm7Bm7  Dmaj7Dmaj7   C#m7C#m7
for a child cries:
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7
"oh find me find me, nothing more
Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7   Bm7Bm7  Dmaj7Dmaj7   C#m7C#m7
we're on a sullen misty moor
Bm7Bm7   E6sus2    G#m7G#m7  G+G
we may be dead and we may be gone
A augmentedA    F#m7F#m7  D MajorD    E6sus2
but we will be, we will be
D MajorD    E6sus2  G#m7G#m7  G+G
we will be right by your side
A augmentedA     F#m7F#m7      D MajorD   E6sus2
until the day you die this is no easy ride.

🎸 Verse 5:
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7
        we will haunt you
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7  Dmaj7Dmaj7  C#m7C#m7
when you laugh, yeeees
Dmaj7Dmaj7     Amaj7Amaj7    Dmaj7Dmaj7   Amaj7Amaj7
you could say we're a team
You might sleep
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7  Bm7Bm7  Dmaj7Dmaj7   C#m7C#m7
You might sleep
You might sleep BUuuuT
Bm7Bm7   E6sus2  G#m7G#m7  G+G
 oooooooooooooooh
A augmentedA    F#m7F#m7  D MajorD    E6sus2
but you will never dream
  D MajorD     E6sus2       G#m7G#m7  G+G
Oh
You might sleep, but you will never dream
A augmentedA     F#m7F#m7        D MajorD   E6sus2
You might sleep, but you will never dream

🎸 Outro:
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7    Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 C#m7C#m7
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for        oh ohoho
Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7  Amaj7Amaj7    Dmaj7Dmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7 Bm7Bm7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 C#m7C#m7
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for        oh ohoho
Bm7Bm7   E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G
find me, find meeeee
A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7 D MajorD   E6sus2
find meeee I want you and your life.
D MajorD E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G
ooooohoooooooo
A augmentedA     F#m7F#m7      D MajorD   E6sus2
I want you and your life.    You might
D MajorD   E6sus2   G#m7G#m7 G+G
sleep, but YOU oooooohoo
A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7      D MajorD   E6sus2
you will never dream   oooho
D MajorD E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G
   ohhoooh
A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7      D MajorD   E6sus2
   Over the moor
I'm on the moor
D MajorD E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G
ooohoooo
A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7      D MajorD   E6sus2
   Over the moor       The
D MajorD   E6sus2  G#m7G#m7 G+G
child iiiiis on  the
A augmentedA   F#m7F#m7  D MajorD   E6sus2
mooooooor.

🎸 Instrumental:
D MajorD E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 D MajorD E6sus2
D MajorD E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 D MajorD E6sus2
D MajorD E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 D MajorD E6sus2
D MajorD E6sus2 G#m7G#m7 G+G A augmentedA F#m7F#m7 D MajorD E6sus2

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