Key: C
Introduction: Am C Am Em Am
Am C
Sweet Melissa, I often pray for you
Am C
I hope your suffering was brief
F G
I hope the angels that watch over all little children
Am Em
Came for you and took you someplace beautiful and sweet
F
Aahh
Am
Suffer the little children
Am C
Dear Melissa, I often think of you
Am C
Everytime I hold my baby in my arms
F G
I say a prayer for your mama and daddy too
Am Em
I know they miss you, miss you since you're gone
F
Aahh
Am C
Suffer the little children
Am C
At the hands of evil men
Am C
No baby dolls, no teddy bears
Am C
No lullabies for them
Dm
Every mother's nightmare
F
Will it ever end
Am F
Suffer the little children
Em Am
At the hands of evil men
Am C
You who done the deed better do some prayin' too
Am C
Better hope that God's forgivin' like they say
F
Cause somewhere, somebody keeps a list
G
Of the evils that men do
Am
And your name's right up there
Em
I heard 'em say
F
Aahh
Am C
Suffer the little children
Am C
At the hands of evil men
Am C
No baby dolls, no teddy bears
Am C
No lullabies for them
Dm
Every mother's nightmare
F
Will it ever end
Am F
Suffer the little children
Em Am
At the hands of evil men