Heaven Help the Child

This one is in E, so capo on II and D chords. It can also be played with a capo on IV and C chords.

The D-G sequence is often accompanied by a descending melody (d-c/#-b-a-g) leading into the G chord. This is either played by the bass, the second guitar, or the accordeon, and can be emulated on guitar on the lower strings while picking/strumming the chords.

The harmonica in the coda is a D-harp and plays the melody of Auld Lang Syne.

(A9) (Em9) (A) (Em9) 
(D) (D/c#) (D/b) (D/a) 
(G) (Em9) (A) (Bm) 
(Bm/a) (G) (D)

(D) 1912 in New York 
I took a walk up to Park (G) Avenue 
To sip some brew with my good (D) friend 
(D) Maggie the bohemian 
Lord she's quite a woman of the (G) world 
And I'm the envy of the (Asus4) men (A)

     (Bm) Heaven (Bm/a) help the (G) child 
     (Bm) Heaven (Bm/a) help the (G) child 

(D) Paris in the 20s 
Why it can offer plenty to a (G) young man 
With a vision so they (D) say 
(D) With a friend named Fitzgerald 
I'm headed for the old world 
On a (G) merchant steamer 
Bound for Biscay (Asus4) Bay (A)

     (Bm) Heaven (Bm/a) help the (G) child 
     (Bm) Heaven (Bm/a) help the (G) child 
     (D) Take him back to where he has never (G) been 
     (Bm) We're all building (Bm/a) walls, they should be (G) bridges
     (Bm) We're all building (Bm/a) walls, they should be (G) bridges

(D) Nothing like a freight train
Get you to the city 
Would you (G) pick another sad song for me (D) Jim 
(D) I hate to leave the old man 
All alone to work the cotton 
But the (G) country never seems to bother (Asus4) him (A)

     (Bm) Heaven (Bm/a) help the (G) child 
     (Bm) Heaven (Bm/a) help the (G) child 
     (D) Heaven help the children find their  (G) way

(D) 'War is hell to live with' 
I said to the general 
As we (G) made the battle plan out for the (D) day 
(D) This will be the last one 
Only God be willing 
(G) We can go back home this time to (Asus4) stay (A)

(Bm) (Bm/a) (G)
(Bm) (Bm/a) (G) 
(D) (G) (Em) (Asus4) (A)

     (D) If old acquaintance 
     Be (A) forgotten and (D) never brought to (G) mind 
     (D) Let's sip a cup of (G) kindness (G+)
     (Bm) Then my (Em) friends to days gone (Bm) by 

(Bm/a) (G) (Asus4) (A) (D)