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Suffer Little Children

The Smiths
ChordsKeyGCapoFret 2advanced
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Chords in this song8

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Intro

         

Verse

Over the moors, take me to the moors
dig a shallow grave and I'll lay me down
Over the moors, take me to the moors
dig a shallow grave and I'll lay me down
Lesley-Anne with your pretty white beads
oh John, you'll never be a man 
and you'll never see your home... home again
oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Verse

Edward, see those alluring lights?
tonight will be your very last night.
a woman said, "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hand on his sacred head."
Hindley wakes and Hindley says: 
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes
Hindley wakes and says 
Oh Wherever he has gone, I have gone.
But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
fresh lilaced moorland fields 
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Hindley wakes and says: 
Hindley wakes Hindley wakes Hindley wakes and says:
Oh Whatever he has done, I have done.
But this is no easy ride
for a child cries: 
oh find me, find me

Chorus

"find me, and nothing more
we are on a sullen misty moor
we may be dead and we may be gone 
but we will be, we will be we
will be right by your side
until the day you die, this is no easy ride.
we will haunt you
when you laugh yes, 
you could say we're a team,
you might sleep you might sleep
you might sleep
BUT oh YOU WILL NEVER DREAM! 
oh you might sleep but you will never dream 
you might sleep but you will never dream

Outro

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Ohhhhhhh   
Manchester, so much to answer for
ohhhh find me, find me 
Find me, I'll haunt you when you laugh 
Ohhhhhh i'll haunt you when you laugh 
You might sleep, but you will never dream
Ohhhh      
Ohhh Over the moors, I'm on the moor 
Oh, over the moor  
Oh, the child is on the moor 

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