Morrissey – Suffer The Little Children (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Video

Chords

[Intro] A D C A C A [Verse 1]
A
School bell go "Ding! Dong! Ding!"

A
The children all line up

A
They do what they are told

A                                      D   C A C A
Take a little drink from the liar's cup
[Verse 2]
D          C  Bb    A
Mama don't really care

              Bb
If what they learn is true

           C     E7
Or if it's only lies

D               C     Bb    A
Just get them through the factories

         Bb
Into production

     C        Bb    E7
Ah, get them into line
[Verse 3]
A
Late in the afternoon

A
The children all come home

A
They mind their manners well

A                                  D   C A C A
Their little lives are all laid out
[Verse 4]
D           C   Bb  A
Mama don't seem to care

           Bb
If she may break their hearts

                   C                           E7
She clips their wings off, they never learn to fly

D                   C    Bb   A
Poor Mama needs a source of pride

                   Bb
A doctor son she'll have

                    C                     E7
No matter what the cost to manhood or to soul
[Verse 5]
A
Sun shine down, brightly shine

A
Down on all the land

A
Shine down on the newborn lambs

A                               D   C A C A
A butcher's knife is in his hand
[Verse 6]
D          C     Bb    A
Mama, she keeps them unprepared

             Bb
To meet the enemy

        C     E7
That's comin' unto us

D               C     Bb     A         Bb
Teach them that evil dwells across the sea

             C
Lives in a mountain

                 E7
Like they see on TV
[Verse 7]
A
Down in the heart of town

A
The Devil dresses up

A
He keeps his nails clean

N.C.                             D   C A C A
Did you think he'd be a boogeyman?
[Verse 8]
D           C          Bb       A
Oh, Mama's stuck with sagging dreams

                     Bb              C
She'll sell a son or two into some slavery

                     E7
That's lucrative and fine

D               C   Bb    A
Just teach them not to criticize

              Bb                  C
Say "Yes" to bosses, impress the clients

                    D#                         A
Ah teachers of the world teach them to fake it well
[Instrumental] A [Verse 9]
A
School bell go "Ding! Dong! Ding!"

A
The children all line up

A
They do what they are told

A                                    D   C A C A
Take a little drink from the liar's cup