God Bless The Child Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays412

God Bless The Child by Shania Twain is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, Bb, Eb, F, B, F#, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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  			 A          A      
Halleluyah, Halleluyah
 D             A         E
  God bless the child who suffers  Halleluyah
E       A               A
Halleluyah  Halleluyah Halleluyah Halleluyah
 D             A       E     
  God bless the young without mothers
 A                                    
This child is homeless, that childs on crack
     D                                          A          
One plays with a gun while the other takes the bullet in his back
                                       
This boys a beggar, that girl sells her soul
 D                                   A        
They both work the same street, the same hell hole.
 A                                
Halleluyah  Halleluyah Halleluyah Halleluyah
 D             A         E
  God bless the child  who suffers
 E      A                          
Halleluyah  Halleluyah Halleluyah Halleluyah
 D         A            E
  Let every man help his brother.
 Bb                                                   
Some were born addicted and some are just thrown away
      Eb                                             Bb                
And some have daddies who make them play games they don't want to play
             Bb                Eb              Bb           Eb
But there's Hope  Hope And faith faith That we must understand
      Eb              Bb                   F              Bb
That all Gods children need is love and us to hold their little hands    yeh
Turnaround
 Bb   F   Eb   Bb
 B                                          
This boy is hungry, he ain't got enough to eat

 E                               B          
That girls cold and she ain't got no shoes on her feet
         B                                           
When a child's spirits broken and feels all hope is gone
 E                       B               
God help them find the strength to carry on.
                    B                 E            B            E
Cause with a little hope hope And  faith faith If we can understand, 
      E                B                     F#            B
that all Gods children need  is love and us to hold their little hands  yeh.
              B                 B
With a little hope Just a little hope
              B                 E
Just a little  faith With a little love
 E                                            E             B            
Just a little love and understanding A little love and understandin
 C                   
Halleluyah, Halleluyah
 F          C         G        
  Let us all love one another
 C                   
Halleluyah, Halleluyah
 F             C             G
  Make all our hearts blind to colour
 C                    
Halleiluyah, Halleiluyah
SLOW     F             C         G
                     God bless the child who suffers.
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante