Suffer The Little Children Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays478

Suffer The Little Children by Pat Benatar is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords Am, C, Em, F, G and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#m
Text
16
Speed
  			
  Intro:    Am      C   (3x)    Am      Em            Am 


Am                                C 
 Sweet Melissa, I often pray for you 
Am                           C 
 I hope your suffering was brief 
F                                  G 
 I hope the angels that watch over all little children 
      Am                                       Em 
 Came for you and took you someplace beautiful and sweet 
  F 
 Aahh 
 Am 
 Suffer the little children 


 Am      C    (3x)     Am 


Am                               C 
 Dear Melissa, I often think of you 
       Am                        C 
 Everytime I hold my baby in my arms 
F                         G 
 I say a prayer for your mama and daddy too 
              Am                              Em 
 I know they miss you, miss you since you're gone 
  F 
 Aahh 


 Am                  C 
 Suffer the little children 
         Am            C 
 At the hands of evil men 
    Am              C 
 No baby dolls, no teddy bears 
    Am              C 
 No lullabies for them 
 Dm 
 Every mother's nightmare 
  F 
 Will it ever end 
 Am                  F 
 Suffer the little children 
         Em           Am 
 At the hands of evil men 


 Am      C    (4x)     Am         


  Am                                           C 
 You who done the deed better do some prayin' too 
         Am                                  C 
 Better hope that God's forgivin' like they say 
F 
 Cause somewhere, somebody keeps a list 
        G 
 Of the evils that men do 
                  Am 
 And your name's right up there 
             Em 
 I heard 'em say 
  F 
 Aahh 


 Am                  C 
 Suffer the little children 
         Am            C 
 At the hands of evil men 
    Am              C 
 No baby dolls, no teddy bears 
    Am              C 
 No lullabies for them 
 Dm 
 Every mother's nightmare 
  F 
 Will it ever end 
 Am                  F 
 Suffer the little children 
         Em           Am 
 At the hands of evil men 


 Am      C  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante