Hell Is For Children Chords
by Pat Benatar
Hell Is For Children by Pat Benatar is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, Eb, Bb, Dm, Gm, Ab5, Bb5, Ab, Gsus, G#, F5, G5, F, G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (In a 3rd position Cm
Eb Bb (x4)
Cm Eb Bb Cm Eb Bb
They cry in the dark, so you can?t see their tears,
Cm Eb Bb Cm Eb Bb
They hide
the light so you can?t see their fears,
Dm Cm Eb Cm
Forgive and forget, all the while.
Dm
Love and pain become one in the same,
Cm Gm Cm
In the eyes of a wounded child.
Bb Cm Bb
Hell
Ab5 Bb5 Ab5 Bb5
Hell is for Children
Cm
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Bb Cm Bb Cm
Hell
Bb Cm Ab5 Bb5
Hell is for Children
And you shouldn?t have to pay for your love with your bones
And your flesh.
Cm Eb Bb (4x)
Cm Eb Bb Cm Eb Bb
It?s all so confusing this brutal abusing,
Cm Eb Bb Cm Eb Bb
They blacken your eyes and then apologize,
Eb Cm
You?re daddy?s good girl, don?t tell mommy a thing,
Dm
Be a good little boy and you?ll get a new toy,
Gm Cm
Tell Grandma you fell on the swing.
Bb Cm Bb Cm
Because Hell
Ab5 Bb5 Ab5 Bb5
Hell is for Children
Bb Cm Bb Cm Ab5 Bb5
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess.
Ab5 Bb5
Bb Cm Bb Cm
Hell
Ab5 Bb5 Ab5 Bb5
Hell is for Children
And you shouldn?t have to pay for your love with your bones
And your flesh.
(strum fast) Cm Bb Cm Ab Gsus Bb Cm Bb Cm
No, Hell is for Children.
Cm
Hell
Ab
Hell is for Hell
Gsus
Hell is for Hell
Bb Cm Bb Cm
Hell is for Children.
Cm
Hell
Ab
Hell is for Hell
Gsus
Hell is for Hell
Bb Cm Bb Cm
Hell is for Children.
Solo:
Cm
Hell
G#
Hell is for Hell
Gsus
Hell is for Hell
Bb Cm Bb Cm
Hell is for Children.
F5 G5
Bb5 Bb Cm Bb Cm
Hell is for Children.
F5 G5 Ab5 Bb5 Bb Cm Bb Cm
Hell is for Children.
Notes: F G Ab Bb C D Eb F G Bb C D Eb F |Bb Cm