| Balleluyab | |
| God bless the child who suffers |
| E | A | Balleluyab | A | Balleluyab | |
| Halleluy | ah | 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 | | | |
| Balleluyab | Balleluyab | |
| Halleluyah | Halleluyah |
| |D |A |E |
| God bless the child who suffers |
| |E |A | | |
| Balleluyab | Balleluyab | |
| 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 |
| Bope | faitb | |
| But there's Hope | And 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 |
| bope | faitb | |
| Cause with a little hope | And 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 |
| Witb a little bope | |
| Just a little hope |
| | |B |E |
| |E |E |B | |
| Just a little love and understanding | |
| A little love and understanding |
| |C | | | |
| Balleluyab, Balleluyab |
| |F |C |G | |
| Let us all love one another |
| |C | | | |
| Balleluyab, Balleluyab |
| |F |C |G |
| Make all our hearts blind to colour |
| |C | | | |
| Halleiluyah, Halleiluyah |
| SLOW |F |C |G |
| God bless the child who suffers. |