Key: G
Introduction:
G Bm Bm7 C D G Bm G C D
verse 1
G G7 Em G7
Theres a boy who plays down in the coal yard
C D G Bm Bm7
His mother just got her divorce
C D G
And everyday he goes a little hungry
A A7 D Em F#m
And takes it as a matter of course
G G7 Em7 G
Tho' he's never really known a daddy
C D G D Bm C
He's never had too many toys
D G Em
He believes in a heart filled with hope
A A7 D D7
Somewhere theres a glimmer of joy
G C G Bm Bm7
And often I have pondered the question
C D G Bm Bm7
In my own way I am but one
C D G Em
Why must the beautiful children
A A7 Am Am7
Pay for what we have done
D Em C G
And if anything was ever said or written
D Em A Am C D
That I hold in my heart to be true
G Bm Bm7 C A
It is suffer little children
Am D G Bm Bm7 C
Come unto me
D G E A
You will all be rewarded and loved
D G Bm Bm7 C D A C#m C#m7 DE E7
In the Kingdom with me
verse 2
A A7 F#m A
Theres a girl who plays down in the getto
D E A C#m C#m7
They come and put her brother back in jail
D E A
And everyday you see her on the sidewalks
B7 E F#m G#m
Waitin' on his love in the mail
A A7 F#m7 A
And tho' she kinda' likes the social worker
D E A E C#m D
And the Foster family really doesn't mind
E A F#m
'Cause she believes in a heart filled with hope
F#m7 B7 Bm E
Someone will come forward and be kind
A D A A7 C#m
And often I have pondered the question
D E A
Lord in my own way I am but one
D E A F#m Bm
Why must the beautiful children
B Bm7 E
Pay for what we have done
F#m D A
And if anything was ever said or written
F#m B7 Bm7 E
That I hold in my heart to be true
A A7 D Bm
It is suffer little children to
E A E C#m D
Come unto me
E A F#m Bm7
You will all be rewarded and loved
E A C#m C#m7 D
In the Kingdom with me
E A C#m C#m7 D E E7A
In the Kingdom with me